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THE    GOVERl^MEJ^T    OF    1883. 


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MASSACHUSETTS 

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KINDLY   RECOGNITIONS. 


Iictter  from  Governoi*  r<oiig. 

Dec.  20,  1882. 
To  the  Editor  of  The  Bostoyi  Journal :  — 

I  congratulate  you  on  reducing  the  price  of  The  Journal  to  two  cents. 
Already  an  influential  Repiililican  stand-by  in  New  England,  its  circula- 
tion and  influence  will  thereby  be  increased,  I  believe,  in  the  interest  of 
goo«l  politics  and  popular  education. 

Ver}^  truly  yours, 

JOHN   D.  LONG. 

£ietter  from  Col.  Robie,  Governor  of  Maine. 

GoRHAM,  Dec.  23,  1882. 
To  the  Editor  of  The  Boston  Journal :  — 

I  heartil}'  congratulate  3'ou  on  that  measure  of  success  in  the  past,  won 
I)}'  enterprise  and  devotion  to  principle,  which  enables  j^ou  to  now  make 
The  Journal  the  cheapest  as  well  as  one  of  the  ver}^  best  of  newspapers. 
I  wish  3'ou  abundant  success  in  your  laudable  purpose  to  put  a  first-class 
journal  within  the  reach  of  all. 

I  am,  very  respectfully,  3'our  obedient  servant, 

__^^_        FREDEKICK   ROBIE. 

letter  from  JEx-Gov.  Farnliam  of  Vermont. 

Bradford,  Vt.,  Jan.  1,  1883. 
To  the  Editor  of  The  Boston  Journal:  — 

The  many  readers  in  Vermont  of  your  excellent  paper  w^elcome  with 
satisfaction  the  new  evidence  of  the  enterprise  of  its  proprietors  in  the 
reduction  of  price.  The  Journal  is  probably  read  in  the  eastern  portion 
of  this  State  more  extensively  than  any  other  daily,  and  the  change  in 
price  will  tend,  I  think,  to  greatly  increase  its  circulation.  I  shall  be 
pleased  to  see  this,  for  its  influence  has  alwaj's  been  health}'  in  morals 
and  politics.  I  have  been  a  reader  of  The  Daily  Journal  for  more  than 
twenty  years  and  I  hope  to  be  for  many  3'ears  to  come.  .  .  .  With 
many  wishes  for  its  prosperity, 

I  remnin  yoms  truly, 

ROSWELL    FARNHAM. 


LIBIIARY 

UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFO??NTA 

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COMMOE"WEALTH   OF   MASSACHUSETTS. 


THE    GOVERNMENT    OF    1883. 


BIOGRAPHICAL  AND  POLITICAL  SKETCHES  OF  THE  MEMBERS 

OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENT,  COUNCIL,  SENATE, 

AND  HOUSE. 


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EXECUTIVE    DEPARTMENT. 


Oovernor. 


HIS    EXCELLENCY    BENJAMIN    FRANKLIN 
BUTLER, 

Who  enters  for  the  first  time  upon  the  discharge  of 
the  duties  pertainiuf^  to  tlie  first  office  in  the  Com- 
monwealth, is  a  resident  of  Lowell,  with  which 
city  he  has  been  identified  since  early  manhood. 
He  was  born  in  Deerfield,  N.  H.,  November  5, 
1818.  and  was  graduated  at  Waterville  College, 
Maine,  in  1838.  After  pursuing  a  course  of  legal 
studies  he  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  and  began  to 
practice  in  Lowell.  ac(|uiring  a  large  and  lucrative 
practice.  While  <lev(iting  his  attention  success- 
fully to  the  business  of  liis  profession  he  found 
time  to  interest  himself  actively  in  military 
and  political  affairs.  As  a  member  of  the 
State  militia  he  has  passed  during  his 
lifetime  fioni  the  ranks  through  all  the 
grades  to  the  highest.  In  politics  he  was  origin- 
ally a  Democrat,  and  as  such  was  a  Keincscntativc 
from  Lowell  in  the  State  Legislature  of  18,")3. 
where  he  was  pronunent  in  forwarding  the  liill  to 
reduce  the  hours  of  labor  in  fa<tor!es  from  thir- 
teen to  eleven.  He  was  a  meiidier  of  the  Constitu- 
tional Convention  the  same  year,  and  in  185'J  was 
a  mendjer  of  the  State  Seiiate.  Li  the  last  Na- 
tional Democratic  Convention  held  iirior  to  the 
War  of  the  Uelicllion  Covcinor  liutler  took  part  as 
a  delegate  from  .M:issarlnisetts.  In  the  war  which 
followed  tlie  election  of  ri'esideiit  Jjiucoln  he  i)ar- 
ticipated  as  a  commander  of  Massachusetts  troops. 
When  the  war  broke  out  and  the  first  call  for 
troops  was  issued  he  was  comiiunuler  of  a  brigade 
of  the  State  militia,  and  at  once  issued  orders  for 
the  mustering  of  his  connnand.  The  call  was 
made  April  In,  18G1,  and  on  the  next, day 
the  Sixth  Regiment  left  Boston,  Gen.  Butler 
starting  on  the  18th  with  the  Eighth  Kegiment. 
under  orders  to  proceed  to  Washington  by  way  of 
Baltimore.  Two  regiments  of  the  brigade  were 
sent  by  another  route  to  Fortress  Monroe,  which 


they  garrisoned.  By  the  burning  of  liridges  Gen. 
Butler  was  reudert'd  unable  to  reach  Washington 
by  way  of  Baltimore,  and  therefore  seized  Annap- 
olis, repaired  the  railroatl  between  that  point  and 
Washington,  and  reached  the  cajiital  in  time  to 
prevent  it  falling  into  the  hands  of  the  hostile 
forces.  On  May  13  he  entered  Baltimore  at  the 
head  of  uou  men.  meeting  with  no  oppositit)n,  and 
May  22.  having  been  commissioned  a  Major  Gen- 
eral in  the  United  States  service,  he  was  assigned 
the  connnand  of  Fortres  ]\Ionroe.  It  was  while  at 
this  i)ort  that  he  made  bis  famous  point  in 
regard  to  runaway  slaves,  refusing  to  send 
such  slaves  back  to  their  owners,  on  the 
ground  that  they  were  "property  contra- 
liandofwar."  Having  taken  part  with  Admiral 
Farragut  in  the  movement  on  New  Orleans  he  en- 
tered that  city  May  1,  18G2,  and  remained  there 
until  December  l(j  of  the  same  year,  when  he  was 
relieved  by  Gen.  Banks.  His  government  of  the 
city  was  vigorous  and  successful.  In  November, 
18(;3,  he  was  phiced  in  command  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Virginia  and  North  Carolina,  aiul  in  the 
winter  conceived  the  project  of  atta<-king  Kich- 
mond  from  City  Point  and  Bermuda  Hiuidred,  a 
project  which  he  entered  upon  by  occupying  that 
peninsula  in  May,  18(i4.  Here  he  aided  the 
luoveuient  of  (ien".  (irant  ui)on  Petersburg.  He 
was  ordered  to  New  York  during  the  Presidential 
election  of  18(54.  and  in  Deceuilicr  of  that  year  he 
was  sent  against  Fort  Fisher,  his  exiiedition  jirov- 
ing  unsuccessful.  He  was  subsetiuently  relieved 
of  his  connnand.  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  was 
mustered  out  of  the  United  States  service.  He 
served  ui  the  State  militia  some  years  after  the 
war,  holding  at  one  time  the  position  of  Major 
General,  an  office  which  was  aliolished  on  the  re- 
organization of  the  militia  in  1878.  Gen.  Butler 
was  elected  to  Congress  from  tlie  Fifth  District  in 
18<',(;  as  a  Keiuiblican.  receiving  a  re-e!ection  for 
three  successive  terms,  and  serving  from  March  4. 
1867,  to  March  3.  1875.  In  the  election  of  1874 
he  was  defeated  by  Hon.  Charles  P.  Thompson, 
but  two  years  later  was  elected  again.  He  ran  as 
an   Independent  and  Democratic   candidate  •  for 


Governor  in  1878  and  was  defeated  by  Hon. 
Thomas  TallK)t.  Running  the  next  year  on  a 
Democratic  and  an  Independent  ticket  ne  was  de- 
feated by  Hon.  John  I).  Long.  In  the  last  elec- 
tion he  ran  as  a  Deniooiatic  candidate,  tlic  party 
uniting  upon  liiin  for  the  tirst  time.  He  received, 
also,  an  Indciiendent  nomination  and  was  elected, 
being  tlie  lirst  Ocmocrat  to  hold  the  office  of  (iov- 
ernor  since  Hon.  William  (Jaston  held  it  in  1875, 
and  only  the  second  since  Governor  Andrew  took 
the  position  in  1801. 

Ijieutenant   Governor. 

HIS     HONOR     OLIVER    AMES 

Enters  upon  his  tirst  term  in  the  office  of  Lieuten- 
ant Governor  alter  a  recent  experience  of  two 
terms  m  the  State  Senate,  of  which  body  he  was 
a  member  hi  1880  and  1881.  His  home  is  in 
Easton,  wliere  he  was  born  February  21,  1831. 
Keceiving  his  education  in  the  public  schools, 
Leicester  Academy,  and  Brown  University,  tak- 
ing ))ut  a  partial  course  at  the  latter  institution, 
he  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of  mechanical 
pursuits  in  the  factorv  of  his  father,  the  late  Hon, 
Oakes  Ames,  to  whose  large  manufacturing  busi- 
ness and  railroad  interests  he  succeeded  with  his 
brothers,  and  in  tlie  management  of  which  he  is 
still  concerned.  Mr.  Ames  was  an  officer  in  the 
State  militia  prior  to  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
has  rendered  the  town  of  Easton  long  and  efficient 
service  as  a  member  of  the  School  Committee, 
and  has  been,  as  already  stated,  a  member  of  the 
Senate  two  years.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
Secretary   of  the  Commonvrealth. 

Hon.  Henry  Bailey  Peirce  of  Abington  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  Secretary  of  the  Common- 
wealth in  1875,  and  has  therefore  completed  six 
full  terms  in  that  position.  He  has  been  prompt 
and  careful  in  the  disdiarge  of  his  duties,  and  ni 
his  relations  with  the  public  has  won  a  large  de- 
gree of  popularity.  Secretary  Peirce  was  born  in 
Duxbury,  Mass.,  Aug.  0,  1841,  received  a  common 
school  education,  which  was  supplemented  by 
study  in  a  mercantile  academy,  and  in  October, 
1801,  enlisted  in  the  Twenty-third  Massachusetts 
Regiment,  with  which  he  served  through  the  war, 
rising  to  the  rank  of  Captain.  He  has  held  the 
offices  of  Commissioner  for  the  Care  of  Disabled 
:Soldiers  and  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  that  com- 
mission. A  i)romiiicn"t  and  active  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  tlie  Republic,  he  was  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Department  of  Massachusetts  from 
1870  to  1870. 

Xreasurer  and  Receiver  General. 

Hon.  Daniel  Angell  Gleason  of  Medford, 
who  becomes  Treasurer  and  Receiver  General  for 
a  third  term,  was  born  in  Worcester,  May  9,  1836, 
was  graduated  at  Harvard  University  in  1856, 
and  studying  law  in  Pennsvlvania  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  in  that  State,  keturning  to  ]Massachu- 
setts  he  devoted  more  time  to  legal  studies  and 
was  admitted  to  the  Bar  here  in  1861.  He  was 
appointed  Deputy  Tax  ('nmmissioner  in  1864  and 
held  that  office  until  he  assumed  his  i)resent  duties 
in  January,  1880.  His  long-continued  services  in 
the  Treasury  Department  of  the  State  have  been 
marked  by  faithfulness  and  efficiency. 

A.uditor  ot  Accounts. 

Hon.  Charles  R.  Ladd  of  Springfield  was  born 
In  Tolland,  Conn.,  April  t).  1822.  and  has  had  an 
extended  experience  in  public  life.  He  has  been 
Register  of  Probate  and  County  Treasurer  for 
Hampden  County,  has  been  in  both  branches  of 
the  Springfield  City  Council,  was  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  in  1853,  '54  and  '79, 
and  was  in  the  State  Senate  in  1869  and  '70.  On 
the  resignation  of  Hon.  Julius  L.  Clarke  as  Audi- 
tor in  1879  Mr.  Ladd  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Talbot  to  fill  the  vacancv.  He  was  elected  by  the 
people  to  till  the  same  oftice  at  the  election  of  that 
year,  and  has  been  re-elected  each  year  since.  The 


duties  of  his  office  have  been  well  administered 
during  his  incumbency. 

Attorney  General. 

Hon.  Edgar  Jay  Sherman  of  Lawrence,  who 
succeeds  Hon.  George  Marston  of  New  Bedford 
as  Attorney  General,  is  a  native  of  Vermont,  hav- 
ing been  born  in  Weatherslicld,  November  28, 
1834.  He  received  his  education  in  the  Wesleyan 
Seminary  ana  under  private  tutors  in  Lawrence, 
and  during  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  served  in  the 
ariuv,  enlisting  as  a  private.  Promoted  to  be  Cap- 
taiiriie  was  Itrevetted  Major  lor  gallant  and  meri- 
torious services  at  Port  Hudson,  June  14.  1863. 
In  1867  he  was  appointed  Adjutant  General  and 
Chief  of  Division  Staff,  witli  the  rank  of  Colonel, 
in  the  State  Militia,  and  held  the  ))ositi(m  until 
1876.  He  was  ajipointed  by  Secretary  Chase  to  be 
Register  in  Bankruiitcv  aiid  retained  that  office 
while  it  existed.  In  1805  and  1866  he  was  a  niem- 
lier  of  the  House  of  Reiiresentatatives,  serving  on 
the  Judiciarv  Conmiittee  in  1805  and  on  various 
connnittees  In  1800.  Elected  as  District  Attor- 
ney for  the  Ea.stern  District  in  1868,  he  has  been 
re-elected  for  each  term  of  three  years  since  then, 
and  resigned  the  office  (m  December  20,  1882, 
the  term  for  which  he  was  last  elected  not  expir- 
ing until  the  first  Wednesday  in  January,  1884. 

Councilors. 

District  No.  1.  Hon.  Matthew  Henry  Gush- 
ing of  Middleboro'  becomes  a  memlier  of  the 
Executive  Council  for  a  third  term.  He  was  born 
February  4,  1832,  in  the  town  where  he  now  re- 
sides, and  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
and  the  Pierce  Academy.  His  business  is  that  of 
a  merchant.  A  Republican  in  ]iolities.  he  has  been 
a  member  of  the  local  School  Conmiittee,  and  in 
1879  was  a  member  of  the  popular  branch  of  the 
Legislature. 

District  Xo.  2.  Hon.  Nathaniel  Wales  of 
Stoughton  was  a  member  of  tlie  Council  last  year. 
He  was  born  in  Brockton,  at  that  time  known  as 
North  Bridirewater.  November  25,  1819,  and  is 
Treasurer  of  the  Stoughton  Boot  and  Shoe  Com- 
]iaiiy.  Mr.  Wales  has  held  various  local  offices, 
was"  actively  connected  with  the  enrollment  of 
militia  during  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  as  Commis- 
sioner under  the  State  Government,  and  was  at" 
one  time  United  States  Assessor  for  the  Second 
District  of  Massachusetts,  He  is  a  Republican  m 
politics,  and  was  a  member  of  the  State  Senate  in 
1879  and  '80. 

District  Xo.  3.  Hon.  AVilliam  Augustus 
Tower  of  Lexington,  a  new  meml  er  of  the  Coun- 
cil, to  which  he  was  elected  as  a  Republican,  is  a 
banker  and  broker.  He  was  born  in  Petersham, 
Mass..  in  1825,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
local  schools.  In  18(53  he  was  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Rein-esentatives  and  served  on  the  Com- 
mittee on  Claims.  From  1876  to  1878,  inclusive, 
he  was  an  aide-de-camp  to  Gov.  A.  H.  Rice. 

Di.itrict  Xo.  4.  HoN.  Patrick  ]Maguire  of  Bos- 
ton is  the  only  Democratic  member  of  the  Council, 
and  takes  office  for  the  first  time.  He  is  engaged  in 
the  real  estate  business.  Mr.  Maguire  is  a  native 
of  Ireland,  was  born  December  o,  1838,  and  re- 
ceived his  education  in  Boston. 

Di.ttrirt  Xo.  5.  Hon.  Epward  H.  Haskell  of 
Gloucester  is  a  dealer  in  mill  and  manufacturers' 
supplies,  his  place  of  business  being  in  Boston. 
He  was  born  in  (Gloucester  October  5,  1845,  was 
educated  in  the  local  schools,  and  during  the  war 
of  the  Rebellion  served  in  the  Twenty-Third  Mas- 
sachusetts Regiment  and  in  the  Signal  Corps  of 
the  United  States  Army.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  House  of  Representatives  in  1878,  has  been 
actively  identified  with  the  Republican  party  a 
number  of  vears,  has  been  Secretarv  of  the  Repub- 
lican State'  Central  Committee  several  years  and 
was  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Long  during  the  en- 
tire period  of  the  latter's  Incumbency  of  the  office 
of  (iovernor. 

District.  Xo.  6.  Hon.  George  Heywood  of  Con- 
cord is  the  senior  member  of  the  Council,  having 


already  served  three  consecutive  years.  He  was 
born  in  Coiu'oid  May  24,  182fi.  was  graduated  at 
Harvard  University  in  1848,  and  snlisequently  en- 
tered ujion  the  iiractice  of  htw.  He  is  at  the  pres- 
ent time  President  of  a  bank  and  of  an  insurance 
company.  Mr.  Heywood  has  been  actively  inter- 
ested in  the  State  militia,  lias  loiij;  been  promi- 
nent in  town  atiairs,  and  has  had  an  extended  leg- 
islative experience,  having  been  a  member  of  tlie 
House  in  1802,  '03,  'GG,  '07  and  '75,  and  of  the 
Senate  in  1864  and  '65.    He  is  a  Republican. 

District  JVo.  7.  HrjN.  Ebex  Allen  Hall  of 
Greenlield  is  publisher  of  the  (iazette  and  Courier 
of  that  place,  was  born  in  Taunton.  Mass.,  De- 
cember 20,  1839,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  During  the  war  of  the  Kebellion  Mr. 
Hall  served  three  years  in  the  Union  Army,  and 
was  a  non-commissioned  officer  in  the  Thirty- 
ninth  Massachusetts  Regiment.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics.  In  1879  he  was  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Reiiresentatives,  serving  on  the  Commit- 
tee (m  Railroads. 

m.strirt  A'o.  8.  Hon.  Wellingtox  Smith  of 
Lee  becomes  a  memlier  of  the  Council  for  a  first 
term.  He  is  a  jiajier  mamifactmer.  and  was  born 
in  Lee,  December  If).  1841.  receiving  his  educa- 
tion in  pultlic  and  yirivate  schools.  He  has  been 
President  of  tli(^  Aniei-ican  Pajier  Makers' Associ- 
ation three  years,  has  been  a  mem  her  of  the  Re- 
pul)lican  .state  Central  C<)mmittee  and  was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  National  Republican  Convention  at 
Chicago  in  1880. 

Recapitulation. 

Of  the  eight  mendjers  of  the  Executive  Council 
seven  are  Reiiublicans;  three  were  members  last 
year;  two  have  had  no  previous  exiierlence  in 
State  oftices;  seven  are  natives  of  Massachusetts; 
one  was  born  in  Ireland;  two  are  manufacturers; 
two  are  merchants;  one  is  a  banker;  (me  a  bank 
President ;  one  a  real  estate  agent,  and  one  a  pub- 
lisher of  a  newspaper. 


SENATORS. 


Suffolk  County. 

First  District.  Hon.  Knowles  Freeman, 
Democrat,  of  Chelsea,  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
K.  &  S.  A.  Freeman,  wholesale  fish  and  salt  mer- 
chants of  Boston.  He  w;is  l)oin  in  Orleans,  Mass., 
October  28,  1839,  and  received  his  educatitm  in 
the  academy  there,  in  the  Mayhew  .School,  Boston, 
and  in  Comer's  Ctmimercial  College.  He  was  a 
member  of  tlie  Chelsea  Board  of  Aldermen  last 
year,  and  becomes  now  a  member  of  the  Legisla- 
ture for  the  first  time. 

Second  District.  HON.  JOHN  HENRY  SHER- 
BURNE. Repuljlican,  lawyer,  lives  at  No.  42  Chest- 
nut street.  Charlestown.  Born  in  Charlestown, 
Dec.  7,  l.S4.">.  he  was  educated  in  the  i)ublic  schools 
and  studied  law  in  the  Dane  Law  School,  Harvard 
University.  In  1879  and '80  he  was  a  memlier  of 
the  House,  serving  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Elections  the  first  year  and  as  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Claims  the  next  year,  when  lie  was 
also  a  memlier  of  the  C()nnnit'tee  on  Railroads. 
Last  year  he  was  in  the  Senate,  and  was  Chairman 
of  the  Conuuittee  on  Probate  and  ("hancery,  serving 
also  on  the  Committee  on  Harbors  and  Public 
Lands. 

Third  District.  Hon,  Owen  A.  Galvin,  Demo- 
crat, lawyer,  lives  at  No.  15  Eaton  street  and  is  a 
native  of 'this  city.  He  was  born  June  21,  1852, 
and  was  educated  in  the  pnlilic  schools.  He  was  a 
memlier  of  the  House  in  issi,  when  he  served  on 
the  Conniiittee  on  Education.  A  member  of  the 
Senate  last  year,  he  was  on  the  Committees  on 
Election  Laws,  oa  Labor  and  on  the  Liipuir  Law. 

Fourth  Dititriif.  Hon.  George  G.  Crocker. 
Republican,  lawyer,  lives  at  No.  74  Boylston 
street    Born  in  Boston,  December  15,   1843,  he 


was  graduated  at  Harvard  Universitj'  in  1864.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  House  in  1873  and  '74  and 
was  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Bills  in  the 
Third  Reading  both  vears,  serving  also  on  the 
Committee  on  the  Li(|Uor  Law  in  1874.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Senate  in  1880,  and  has  been  re- 
elected each  year  since.  In  is.so  hi' was  Chair- 
man of  the  Committee  on  Railroads,  and  was  also 
on  the  Cimnnittees  on  the  Judiciarv  and  on  Taxa- 
tion. The  next  year  he  held  the  s'ame  Chairman- 
ship, andserved  on  the  Committees  on  the  Judicia- 
ry, on  the  State  House  and  on  the  Revision  of  the 
Statutes.  Last  year  he  was  Chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittees on  the  Ju<lieiaiv  and  on  Rules  and  Orders, 
and  was  also  on  the  Coiiimittee  on  the  State  House. 
Fifth  District.  Hon.  James  a.  MoCiEouGH, 
Democrat,  lawyer,  lives  at  No.  161  West 
Third  street.  He  is  a  native  of  Ireland  and  is 
about  30  years  old.  Receiving  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Boston  and  in  Boston  Col- 
lege, he  was  graduated  at  the  Law  School  of  Bos- 
ton University  in  1874.  He  was  a  niendier  of  the 
Common  Council  in  1878  and  of  the  llousi-  in  1879, 
'8t)  and  '81,  serving  on  the  Committees  on  I'robate 
and  Chancery,  on  the  Judiciary,  on  Rules  and  Or- 
ders and  on  the  Revision  of  the  Statutes.  In  1880 
and  '81  he  was  one  of  the  monitors  of  the  House. 
Sixth  District.  Hon.  Frederick  S.  Risteen, 
Democrat,  grocer,  lives  at  No.  45  Dover  street. 
He  was  born  in  Jacksonville,  New  Brunswick,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Frederic- 
ton,  In  1872  and  '73  he  was  a  member  of  the  Bos- 
ton Conunon  Council,  and  he  is  at  present  one  of 
the  Directors  for  Public  Institutions.  He  has  not 
been  a  member  of  the  Legislature  before. 

Seventh  District.  Hon.  Arthur  W.  Tufts, 
Republican,  is  President  of  the  Roxbury  Institu- 
tion for  Savings,  and  lives  at  No.  145  Walnut 
street,  Boston  Highlands.  Mr.  Tufts  is  a  native  of 
Charlestown.  was  boiii  February  20, 1828,  and  was 
educated  in  the  imblic  schools  and  the  Chauncy 
Hall  School.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Common 
Council  and  of  the  School  Committee  in  Charles- 
town previous  to  the  annexation  of  that  city  to 
Boston.  From  1879  to  '81,  inclusive,  he  was  in  the 
House  and  served  on  the  Committees  on  Banks  and 
Banking,  on  Finance  and  cm  Expenditures.  Last 
year  he  was  a  member  of  the  Senate  and  served  on 
the  Committees  on  the  Treasui-y,  on  Claims,  on  Ex- 
penditures and  on  Military  Affairs. 

Eighth  District.  Hon.  BENJAMIN  F.  CUTTER, 
Democrat,  is  a  retired  merchant  and  lives  at  Ja- 
maica Plain.  He  was  born  in  Jaffrev.  N.  H..  March 
17,  1827,  and  was  educated  in  Melville  Academy 
in  that  town.  In  1803  he  was  a  member  of  the 
House  and  served  on  the  Committee  on  Accounts. 
Essex  County. 
First  District.  Hon.  John  Richard  Bald- 
win, Democrat,  lawyer,  of  Lynn,  was  born  in  that 
city  May  10,  1854,  was  graduated  at  Harvard 
University  in  1877,  has  held  the  office  of  Chair- 
man of  the  Lynn  School  Connnittee  several  years, 
and  was  a  Senator  last  year,  serving  on  the"  Com- 
mittees on  Probate  and  Chancery,  on  Engrossed 
Bills  and  on  Cities. 

sicDiiii  Di.^tricf.  Hon.  William  Sparhawk, 
Democrat,  of  Marbleliead.  is  a  retired  grocer. 
Born  in  that  town  October  21,  1827,  he  was  edu- 
cated in  the  local  schools.  He  was  seventeen 
vears  on  the  Board  of  Overseers  of  the  Poor,  and 
has  served  the  town  several  vears  in  the  offices  of 
Fire  Ward,  Collector  of  Taxes  and  Selectman,  but 
has  had  no  experience  in  the  Legislature. 

Third  District.  Hon.  Lsaac  A.  S.  Steele, 
Democrat,  master  sailmaker,  is  a  native  resident 
of  Gloucester,  and  was  born  February  2, 1840,  He 
has  been  a  member  of  both  branches"  of  the  City 
Council,  and  was  a  member  of  the  House  in  1881 
and  '82,  serving  on  the  Committee  on  Roads  and 
Bridges, 

Fourth  District.  Hon.  Charles  A.  Say  ward, 
Reimblican,  lawyer,  of  Ipswich,  was  born  in  that 
town  June  28,  1837,  and  was  educated  in  the  New 
London,  N.  H.,  Literary  and  Scientific  Institution, 


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Dartmouth  College  and  tlie  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Law 
Sfhool.  He  has  served  the  town  a  nunilier  of 
years  in  the  various  local  otliees  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  House  in  1872,  serving  on  the  Connnit- 
tee  on  I'roltate  an<l  Chancery. 

Fifth  l>lxtrict.  Hon.  Edavix  Bowley.  Demo- 
crat', of  Haverliill.  is  engaged  in  several  business 
enterprises  in  tliat  city,  being  a  member  of  a  gro- 
cery nrm,  a  dealer  in  real  estate.  Treasurer  of  tl.e 
Haverhill  Iron  Works  and  of  the  Bntwn  Hotel 
Coniiiany,  and  I'resident  of  the  Haverhill  .Steam- 
boat Exi'uess  Conijiany.  He  was  born  in  Haver- 
hill November  17,  IHTi.  and  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  iiublic  schools.  This  is  his  first  term 
in  the  Legislature. 

Sixth  LUstrirt.  Hon.  J.\mes  O.  Parker,  Dem- 
ocrat, insurance  agent,  of  Methuen,  was  bom  in 
remlirokc.  N.  H.,  November  22,  1827.  and  was 
educated  in  the  local  schools  and  academy.  He 
has  held  the  jiositions  of  route  mail  agent.  Suj  er- 
intending  School  Committee  and  S^lectnian.  In 
1874  he  was  a  member  of  the  House  and  served 
on  the  Connnittee  on  Insurance. 

Sliddlesex  Count}'. 

First  District.  Hon.  George  Anson  Brvce, 
Kepublican,  lawyer,  of  Sonierville,  was  born  in 
Mont  Vernon,  5.'.  H.,  Nov.  19,  1839,  and  was 
graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1861.  From 
1862  to  1865  he  served  in  the  Union  Army  as  an 
officer  of  the  Thirteenth  New  Hani]  shire  Eegi- 
ment.  rising  from  the  rank  of  Lieutenant  to  that  of 
Lieutenant  Colonel.  He  was  Judge  Advocate  and 
Adjutant  General  on  the  staff  of  Major  Cienenil 
Devens  during  his  term  of  service.  In  1866  Mr. 
Bruce  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Leg- 
islature. Since  he  became  a  resident  of  Somer- 
ville  he  has  held  the  offices  of  Associate  Justice  of 
the  roliee  Court.  Alderman  and  Mayor,  holding 
the  last-named  office  from  1878  to  1880,  inclusive. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Senate  last  year  and  was 
Chairman  of  the  Hoiisac  Tmniel  Conimiltee,  being 
also  on  the  Conniiittees  on  Military  Affairs  and  on 
Constitutional  Amendments. 

Second  Uistrict.  HoN.  DAVID  Kandall,  Ee- 
publiean.  commission  merchant,  of  Walthani,  was 
born  in  Kichmond.  N.  H.,  January  2-t,  1818,  and 
receiveil  his  education  in  the  pulilic  schools.  He 
has  held  the  office  of  Selectman  in  Waltham  and 
was  a  memlier  of  the  House  in  1877.  '78  and  '79. 
serving  on  the  Committees  on  Mercantile  Affairs, 
Prisons  and  Claims, 

Third  iJistrict.  HoN.  HENRY  J.  AYells.  Re- 
pul)lican.  lawyer,  of  Cambridge,  was  born  in 
Cbarlestown.  November  16.  1823,  and  was  edu- 
cated m  the  public  schools.  Prior  to  1848  he  wa.s 
engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  in  Boston  and 
vicinity,  and  in  1848-9  lie  lived  in  New  Orleans. 
Going  to  California  in  1849,  he  was  emiiloyed  as  a 
clerk  in  the  courts  for  a  number  of  years,  and 
studying  law,  was  admitted  to  the  Bar,  practicing 
his  profession  until  1863,  when  he  was  elected  as 
Judge  of  one  of  the  courts  of  San  Francisco,  Pre- 
vious to  this  he  was  a  niemlier  of  the  Board  of  Ed- 
ucation, I'resident  of  the  Common  Council  and  Po 
lice  Connnissioner.  Returning  to  Massachusetts 
in  1866,  he  resided  at  Arlington  and  served  as  a 
member  of  the  School  Committee.  He  removed  to 
Cambridge  in  1877,  and  is  engaged  in  the  i>ractice 
of  his  iirofessiou  in  Boston.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  House  in  1880.  "81  and  '82,  serving  on  the 
Comniittee  on  Probate  and  Chancery,  of  wliich  he 
was  Chairman  the  last  two  years.  He  was  also  on 
the  Conniiittees  on  Rules  and  Orders  and  on  the 
Revision  of  the  Statutes. 

Fourth  District.  Hon.  Walter  Neal  Mason 
Deniocrat.  lawyer,  of  Natick.  was  born  in  Tam- 
wortli.  N.  H..  October  12.  1824.  and  received  a 
common  school  education.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Senate  in  1874.  and  served  on  the  Committees 
on  the  Judiciary,  on  Prisons  and  on  'Woman  Suf- 
frage. Mr.  Mason  is  the  senior  member  of  the 
Senate  in  point  of  service. 

Fifth  District.    Hon.  Charles  F.  Gerry,  Re- 


publican, of  Sudbury,  is  engaged  in  the  insurance 
business,  farming,  etc.  He  was  bom  in  Sudbury, 
June  3.  1823.  and  was  graduated  at  Wesleyan 
University.  ^Mr.  (ierry  has  held  the  various  town 
ottices.  has  been  President  of  a  savings  bank,  was 
a  member  of  the  House  in  1877  and  '80,  serving 
im  the  Insurance  Comniittee  each  year,  and  as 
House  Chairman  in  188(),  and  was  a  member  of 
the  Senate  last  year,  being  Chairnian  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Paris"hes  and  Religious  Societies,  and 
serving  also  on  the  Library  and  Education  Com- 
mittees. 

.^irtli  Di.<>fricf.  HoN.  Onrlovv  Gilmore,  Re- 
publican, of  Stcmeham,  is  Treasurer  of  a  savings 
bank  and  an  insurance  agent.  He  was  born  in 
Bedford.  N.  H.,  and  was  educated  there  and  in 
Medford.  Mass.  Mr.  Gilniore  has  been  Selectman 
and  As>.essor.  has  held  the  office  of  Town  Treas- 
urer seven  years,  and  was  in  the  House  in  1876 
and  '77.  serving  on  the  Connnittee  on  Finance  the 
secor.d  year. 

.scroiih  District.  Hon.  Jeremiah  Crowley', 
Democrat,  lawyer,  of  Lowell,  was  born  in  that  city 
Jan.  12.  1832."  He  was  a  member  of  the  Lowell 
Common  Council  in  1870  and  '71.  and  an  Alder- 
man in  1873.  '74.  '77  and  "78.  When  the  war  of 
the  Rebellion  broke  out  he  served  three  months 
with  the  Sixth  Massachusetts  Regiment.  Mr. 
Crowley  was  in  the  Senate  last  year,  and  was  on 
the  Coihniittees  on  Probate  and  Chancery,  on  Pris- 
ons, and  on  the  Liquor  Law. 

Worcester  County. 

First  District.  Hon.  Charles  Blake  Pratt, 
Democrat,  of  Worcester,  is  President  of  a  fire  in- 
surance company,  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Mass.. 
February  14.  1824.  and  received  a  common  school 
education.  He  was  in  the  Worcester  Common 
Council  two  years,  in  the  Board  of  Aldermen  five 
years,  was  City  Marshal  three  years  and  was 
flavor  from  1877  to  '79,  inclusive.  Mr.  Pratt  is  a 
Director  in  several  corporations  and  has  held  the 
otfice  of  President  of  the  Worcester  Agricultural 
Society  fourteen  years.  In  1859  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  "the  House  and  served  on  the  Committees  on 
Prisons  and  on  Agriculture. 

Second  District.  HoN.  GEORGE  W.  Johnson, 
Republican,  of  Milford,  is  a  member  of  the  Boston 
firm  of  Johnson,  Rust  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of 
boots  and  shoes,  and  was  born  in  Ui  ton.  Mass.. 
October  <;,  1832.  He  was  one  of  the  founders,  and 
is  Vice  President  of  the  Home  National  Bank  of 
Milford.  a  Trustee  of  the  Milford  Savings  Bank, 
and  Chairman  of  the  School  (.\miiiiittee.  A  mem- 
ber of  the  Senate  last  year,  he  served  on  the  Com- 
mittees on  the  Treasury,  on  Banks  and  Banking 
and  on  Expenditures. 

TItird  District.  HoN.  CHARLES  P.  BARTON, 
Democrat,  dentist,  of  Spencer,  was  born  in  Oak- 
ham. Mass..  June  18,  1846,  and  received  a  com- 
mon school  education.  He  has  held  the  tiffice  of 
Selectman  five  years,  but  has  had  no  experience  in 
the  Legislature. 

Fourth  District.  HoN.  THEODORE  C.  Bates, 
Republican,  manufacturer,  of  North  Brookfleld. 
was  born  in  that  town  June  4,  1843,  was  brought 
up  on  a  farm,  and  after  attending  the  local  schools 
engaged  in  teaching,  meanwhile  attending  the 
Pinkerton  Academy  in  Deny,  N.  H..  two  terms. 
He  is  a  successful  business  man.  and  during  some 
years  past  has  been  an  active  and  influential 
worker  in  State  and  National  jiolitics.  In  1879 
he  was  a  member  of  the  House  and  served  on  the 
Claims  and  Retrenchment  Committees,  being 
House  Chairman  of  the  former.  He  was  one  of 
the  most  earnest  jnomoters  of  retrenchment  meas- 
ures and  proved  himself  an  able  legislator,  but  de- 
clined serving  a  second  term. 

Fifth  Di.strict.  Hon.  EDWARD  P.  LoRiNG.  Re- 
publican, lawyer,  of  Fitcbbiirsj;.  was  born  in  Nor- 
ridgewock.  Maine.  ISIarch  2,  1837,  and  was  gradu- 
ated at  Bowdoin  College  in  1861.  During  the  war 
of  the  Rebellion  he  served  in  the  Union  army.  fir.st 
as  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Thirteenth  Maine  Regiment 
and  afterward  as  Major  of  the  Tenth  United  States 


Colored  Heav>'  Artilleiy,  receiving  a  brevet  pro- 
motion to  tl.e  rank  of  Lieutenant  Colonel.  From 
18G8  to  '78  he  was  Special  Justice  of  the  Fitch- 
burK  Police  Court,  ana  he  has  also  held  the  office 
of  ^Master  hi  Chancery.  Mr.  Loring  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  House  in  18*72  and  '74,  and  was  on  the 
.ludiciai-j'  Committee  both  years.  In  1872  he  was 
on  tlie  Committee  on  Red"istricting  the  State  lor 
Congressional  Kepresentation. 

Hamiishire  County. 

Hampshire  District.  Hox.  Alvix  B.AJJRU.S. 
Repul)lican,  farmer,  of  Goshen,  is  a  native  of  that 
town,  was  Itorn  October  14,  1831.  and  received  a 
c(nnmon  scIhkiI  education.  During  the  war  of  the 
Reliellion  he  served  in  the  First  Ket;iment  of  Mas- 
sachusetts CavaliT.  an<l  was  Acting  Hospital 
Steward  at  the  ^Marine  Hospital  in  Baltiniore.  He 
is  a  Trustee  of  the  Haydenville  Savings  Hank,  has 
held  all  the  town  offices,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
House  in  1879,  serving  on  the  Committee  on  County 
Estimates. 

Hampden    County. 

First  District.  Hox.  William  H.  Haile,  Re- 
ind>lican.  manufacturer,  was  born  in  Chesterfield. 
X.  H..  Sc)itenilier  23.  1833.  and  was  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  College  In  l85(5.  Mr.  Hale  was  a 
memlier  of  the  New  Ham))shire  Legislature  in 
18(').'j,  'GO  and  '71,  was  Mayor  of  Springfield  in 
1881,  and  was  a  Senator  liist  year,  serving  as 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on"  Military  Affairs 
and  as  a  meml)er  of  the  Coiiiinittees  on  Banks  and 
Banking  and  on  ^Mercantile  Affairs. 

SecoHil  District.  HciN.  Dextek  B.  Hitchcock, 
Democrat,  fanner,  of  Holyoke.  is  a  native  of  that 
place,  and  was  born  Seiiteniber  .3,  1837,  receiving 
his  education  in  the  local  schools  and  in  the  Siif- 
fleld  Literary  Institution.  He  has  had  no  legisla-»> 
tive  experience. 

Franklin  County. 

Frnuklin  District.  Hox.  RuFUS  Livermoke, 
Reiiublican.  of  Orange,  is  Secretary  of  the  Rodney 
Hunt  Machine  Company,  was  born  in  (irotoii, 
Mass.,  in  November,  18"37.  and  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  Lawrence  Academy,  Grotmi.  and  Wil- 
liams College.  Studying  law  in  the  Albaiiv  Law 
School  he  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  Albany. 
When  the  Sixth  Massachusetts  Regiment  went 
through  Baltimore  he  was  in  the  ranks,  and  he 
afterward  served  as  Lieutenant  in  a  Rlnde  Island 
Regiment.  Mr.  Livermore  was  a  meniliei  of  the 
House  in  1879  and  served  on  the  Committee  tm 
Finance. 

Berkshire  County. 

Xorth  Di.strict.  Hox'.  Fo.ster  E.  Swift.  Inde- 
pendent, hotel  keeper,  of  Nortli  Adams,  was  born 
in  Chester.  Vermont,  November  12,  183."),  and 
was  educated  in  the  local  schools.  He  has  had  no 
legislative  exjierience. 

.South  District.  Hox.  JoHX'  M.  Seeley.  Repub- 
lican, cotton  manufacturer,  of  Great  Barrington, 
was  born  in  that  town  in  1814  and  studied  in  tlie 
local  schools  and  in  Lenox.  A  memlier  of  the 
House  in  ISou  and  "75.  he  served  on  the  Committee 
on  Towns.  Last  year  lie  was  in  the  Senate,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Connnittees  on  Insurance, 
on  Mercantile  Affairs  and  on  Roads  and  Bridges. 
Norfolk  County. 

First  District.  Hox".  Bexjamix  S.  Lovell, 
Republican,  gun  dealer,  lives  in  East  Weymouth, 
where  he  was  born,  July  10,  1845,  receiving  his 
education  in  the  local  schools.  During  the  war  of 
the  Rebellion  he  served  in  the  Forty-second  Massa- 
chusetts Regiiiieiit.  and  on  his  discharge  from  tlie 
army  became  a  clerk  in  his  father's  gun  store  in 
Boston,  where  he  is  now  a  iiartner.  He  is  a  )ironii- 
neiit  member  of  the  Graiicl  Army  of  the  Republic, 
and  during  Governor  Long's  term  of  office  was 
Colonel  and  Assistant  Adjutant  General  on  his 
staff.  In  1877  and '78  he  was  a  member  of  the 
House,  and  served  on  the  Committees  on  the  Pay 
Roll  and  on  Mercantile  Affairs. 

Second  District.  Hox.  Warrex'^  E.  Locke,  Re- 
publican, raUroad  agent,  of  Norwood,  was  born  in 


Lexington.  Mass.,  ls\a\  28,  1841,  and  was  edu- 
cated m  the  High  School  and  the  Warren  Academy 
in  AVoburn.  He  was  a  Senator  last  year,  and  sensed 
on  the  Committees  on  Engro.ssed  Bills,  on  Labor 
and  on  Street  Railways,  being  Chairman  of  the 
conunittee  last  named. 

Plymouth    Count}'. 

First  District.  Hox.  Peleg  McFarlix,  Re- 
publican, of  Carver,  is  a  merchant  and  is  Treasurer 
of  the  Ellis  Foundrv  Comiianv.  He  was  born  in 
Carver  October  18.  1843.  has  held  various  local 
offices,  and  was  a  member  of  the  House  in  1881, 
serving  on  the  Conunittee  on  Manufactures.  A 
member  of  the  Senate  last  year,  he  was  ("bairman 
of  the  Committee  on  Manufactures  and  sen'ed 
also  on  the  Committee  on  Election  Laws, 

Sccoiifl  Di.->trict.  Hox.  Jame.s  Sidxey  Allen, 
Republican,  of  Ea.st  Bridgewater,  is  a  manufac- 
turer of  boots  and  shoes  in  Brockton,  having  a 
store  in  Boston.  He  was  born  in  the  town  where 
he  now  lives  July  3. 1831,  and  received  an  academ- 
ical education.  He  has  been  on  the  local  School 
Committee,  was  a  member  of  the  House  in  1864 
and  1871.  serving  on  various  committees,  and  was 
in  the  Senate  last  year,  being  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Labor  and  a  memlier  of  the  Connnit- 
tees (m  Parishes  and  Religious  Societies  and  on 
Stieet  Railways. 

Bristol   County. 

First  District.  Hox.  Lixcolx  S.  Drake,  Dem- 
ocrat, iron  founder,  of  Easton,  was  born  in  that 
town  April  8,  1840,  and  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic s<'hools.  He  has  served  (m  the  School  Commitr 
tee  ill  Easton  and  was  in  the  House  last  year,  being 
a  memlier  of  the  Committee  on  Labor. 

Second  District.  Ill  this  district  there  was  no 
choice,  the  two  leading  candidates  each  receiving 
the  same  number  of  votes,  according  to  the  re- 
turns. The  Republican  candidate  is  John  Birt- 
wistle  Whitaker  of  Fall  River.  He  is  a  iilivsician, 
was  born  in  Enfield.  Euiiland.  Mav  24.  is'io.  ana 
was  graduated  at  the  Harvard  Medical  School.  In 
Fall  River  he  has  held  the  oflices  of  Common 
Councilman  and  City  Physician.  A  member  of 
the  House  in  1877  "and  ''82.  he  has  served  on 
the  Labor  and  Education  Committees  and  the 
Committee  on  the  Decennial  Census.  John  W. 
Cummings  of  Fall  Ri\er,  the  Democratic  caiuli- 
tlate.  is  a  lawyer,  was  born  in  Stock)iort,  England, 
August  2f;,  is."");"),  and  was  graduatcu  at  the  P.oston 
University  Law  School  in  ISTU.  He  was  a  mem- 
lier of  tlie  House  in  1S78  and  ■79,  serving  on  the 
Committee  on  Rules  and  Orders  the  first  year  and 
on  the  Committee  on  Constitutional  Amendments 
the  next. 

Tliirit  District.  Hox.  Charles  Stvrtevaxt 
Raxuall.  Republican,  merchant,  of  New  Bedford, 
was  born  in  that  city  February  20.  1824.  and  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  J'riends'  Academy  in 
New  Bedford,  Charles  W.  Greene's  school  in 
Jamaica  Plain,  and  m  schools  in  France.  He  has 
had  no  legislative  experience. 
Barnstable,  Xantueket  and  Dukes  Counties. 

(ujjc  District.  Hon.  Josejih  P.  Johnson,  Repub- 
lican, auctioneer,  of  Provincetown,  was  born  in 
Essex  county  July  18,  1813.  He  has  been  on  the 
Board  of  Selectinen,  was  agent  of  the  Boston 
Board  of  Jlarine  Underwriters  seven  years,  and 
ha»lieen  a  Director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Provincetown  since  its  organization.  IMr.  John- 
son has  had  a  long  exiierience  in  legislative  duties, 
having  been  a  memlier  of  the  House  in  ]8r.(i,  '51, 
'55.  '50,  'tio.  '7o.  '71  and  '80.  serving  on  the  Com- 
mittees on  Mercantile  Art'airs.  on  Insurance,  on 
Towns,  on  Fisheries,  on  Harbors  and  others.  He 
was  in  the  Senate  last  year,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  Committees  on  Fisheries,  on  Harbors  and  Pub- 
lic Lands  and  on  Towns. 

«ECA.I»IXi:i.ATIOX. 

The  Senate  meets  this  year  with  only  39  mem- 
bers elected,  a  vacancy  being  oecasio"ned  in  the 
Second  Bristol  District  by  a  tie  in  the  votes  cast  for 


Dr.  John  B.  Whitaker  and  Mr.  John  W.  Ciinimings, 
hoth  of  Fall  Kiver.  The  political  e()iiii)lexiou  of 
the  boilv  is  very  different  from  what  it  was  last 
year,  wlieii  the'lJejiuhlican  Senators  numbered  30 
and  the  Democrats  only  4.  The  Keimblieans  this 
year  iininber  22,  the  Denioerats  10.  and  one  Sena- 
tor claims  to  be  an  Indejiendent.  The  senior  Sen- 
ator in  jioint  of  service  is  Hon.  Walter  N.  Mason  of 
the  Fourth  Middlesex  District.  Of  the  39  mem- 
bers 1.^1  were  members  last  year;  3  were  mendiers 
of  the  House  last  year.  13  have  had  legislative  ex- 
jierieiice  in  jircvicius  years  and  8  enter  upon  the 
duties  of  legislation  for  the  tirst  time.  There  are 
more  business  callings  rejiresented  than  there  were 
last  year,  the  nniulu-r  of  lawyers  and  manufac- 
turers, who  ])redominated  then,  being  somewhat 
less  now.  The  following  tables  show  the  bnsuiess 
callings  rejtresented  and  the  places  of  birth: 
Business  Calliiir/s  Roprpsented. 


(lent  of  Fire  Insurance 
Comp.inv,  Dentist,  Sec- 
retary ot  M.^cliine  Com- 
pany, Hotel  Keeper, 
Gun  Dealer.lron  Found- 
er,Auctioneer,wliolesale 
Fish  -Merehant  and  Kail- 
road  Agent,  1  each 15 


Lawyers 11 

Alanufacturerers 5 

Merchants 2 

Farmers 2 

Insurance  Agents 2 

Grocers 2 

rresideiu  of  Savings  H'k, 
retired  from  I)usine8s, 
Sailmal<ei,  general  i>usi- 
ness,  Commission  Mer- 
chant, Treasurer,   I'resi- 

riaccs  of  Birth. 

Massachusetts 27,  Sew  Brunswick 1 

Kew  Hampshire 7  Ireland 1 

Maine l|  — 

Vermont 11     Total 39 

Connecticut l| 


Total 39 


REPRESENTATIVES. 


Suffolk  County. 

1.  Jesse  Morse  Gove.  Republican,  lawyer,  lives 
at  No,  263  Le.xington  street.  East  Boston,  and  is  a 
new  member  of  the  House.  He  was  born  in 
Weare.  N.  H.,  December  11,  1852.  and  received 
his  edtication  in  Lowell.  In  1881  Mr.  Gove  was  a 
member  of  the  t'ommon  Council. 

1.  Benjamin  F.  Campliell.  Re)niblican,  physi- 
cian, lives  at  No.  33  Rrmceton  street,  East  Bos- 
ton. He  was  born  near  Halifax.  N.  S..  September 
12,  1834.  and  was  graduated  at  the  Harvard  Uni- 
versity Medical  School  in  1857.  During  the  war 
of  the'Kebelliou  be  was  Acting  Assistant  Surgeon 
in  the  United  States  service  a  number  of  months. 
Dr.  Camjibell  was  a  member  of  the  House  last 
year  and  served  on  the  Committees  on  the  Library 
and  on  Public  Health. 

2.  ]Michael  J.  Dolan.  Democrat,  boat  builder, 
lives  at  No.  <)8  Liverpool  street.  East  Boston,  was 
born  in  Irelaiul  May  2.  18.'>0.  and  was  educated  in 
the  Boston  schools.    He  is  a  new  member. 

2.  Christopher  P.  Conlin,  Democrat,  marble 
tool  manufacturer,  lives  at  No.  51  Chelsea  street. 
East  Boston,  is  a  native  of  the  Island  Ward,  was 
l)orn  Dfccnilicr  25.  1.S4'.>.  and  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools.  This  is  his  first  expe- 
rience in  imblic  office. 

3.  Samuel  ('.  Hunt,  Democrat,  clerk,  lives  at 
No.  100  Elm  street.  Charlestown.  Born  inChnrle.s- 
town  Sept.  (■>.  1825.  he  has  been  both  a  printer  and 
a  mariner,  and  during  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  was 
Quartermaster  Sergeant  of  the  Fifth  ]\Iassachn- 
setts  Regiment.  He  was  a  member  of  the  House 
last  vear  and  served  on  the  Committee  on  the  Pay 
Roll. 

3.  .John  E.  Hayes.  Democrat,  trader,  lives  at 
No.  178  Chelsea  street.  Charlestown.  was  born  in 
Charlestown  March  •;.  I.s4.",.  and  enters  the  Legis- 
lature for  a  tirst  term.  During  the  war  of  the  Re- 
hellion  he  served  in  the  Fortv-fifth  Massachusetts 
Regiment  and  in  the  Eleventh  Battery. 

4.  Edwin  Lake  Pilsbiiry.  Republican,  lives  at 
No  21  Baldwin  street,  Charlestown,  and  is  a  deal- 


er in  furnishing  goods.  He  was  born  in  Bucks- 
port.  ;Maine.  .\pril  21.  1850,  and  was  educated  in 
the  Charlestown  grammar  and  High  Schools.  A 
member  of  tlie  House  last  year,  he  served  on  the 
Committee  on  Prisons. 

5.  John  R.  Murphy,  Democrat,  clerk,  lives  at 
No.  25  iNIonnment  avenue.  Charlestown.  and  is  a 
new  memlier.  He  was  born  in  Charlestown  Au- 
gust 25,  185(;.  and  was  educated  in  the  grammar 
and  hiuli  schools. 

5.  John  Reade,  Democrat,  undertaker,  lives  at 
No.  8!i  Main  street.  Charlestown,  was  born  in  Ire- 
land about  the  year  1828.  ami  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Uni(Ui  army  duiiug  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  serv- 
ing as  Lieii'teiiaiit  in  the  Forty-eitilitb  Massachu- 
setts Kegimeiit  and  in  the  Fifty-seventh  \eteran 
Regiment.  He  was  lieldas  a  prisonerof  war  seven 
months  and  ten  days,  and  was  brevetted  Cajitain 
on  his  return  home.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
House  two  years,  serving  on  the  Committee  on 
Street  Railwavs. 

o.  ^lartin  S.  McCormick.  Democrat,  clerk,  lives 
at  No.  27  Tileston  street,  was  born  in  County  Tip- 
jjcrarv.  Ireland,  November  11,  1858,  and  re- 
ceived his  education  in  schools  there  and  in  Bos- 
ton, He  was  a  member  of  the  C(nninon  Council  in 
1881  and  enters  the  Legislature  for  a  first  term. 

(!.  James  Tarone.  Democrat.  'longslKueman, 
lives  at  435  Hanover  street,  was  born  in  Dundee, 
Scotland,  Decendjer  2.  1835,  and  received  his  edu- 
cation in  that  place.    He  is  a  new  lueniber. 

7.  John  A.  McLaughlin.  Democrat,  lives  at  No. 
40  Cooper  street  and  is  an  undertaker.  He  was 
born  in  Boston  F^eb.  1.  1853,  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Conuiion  Council  the  jiast  two  years,  and  en- 
ters the  Leiiislature  f(U-  a  first  term. 

7.  John  Dohertv.  Democrat,  trader,  lives  at  No. 
8  Cross  street,  was  born  in  Donegal,  Ireland.  Aug. 
1,  1843,  and  received  his  education  in  his  native 
country.  He  takes  public  position  for  the  first 
time. 

8.  Patrick  Francis  McGaragle.  Democrat,  build- 
er and  contractor,  lives  at  No.  37  Chambers  street, 
was  born  in  Boston.  Feb.  2.  1845,  and  was  educa- 
ted in  tb*'  imblic  schools.  He  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Ninth  Reiiiment  seven  years,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Common  C(nincil  in  1877.  "78  and  '79. 
was  a  Trustee  of  the  Citv  Ho.siiital  in  1879.  and 
was  a  member  of  the  House  in  1880.  serving  on 
the  Hoosac  Tunnel  Committee. 

8.  Thomas  C.  Butler.  Democrat,  lives  at  No. 
390  Charles  street,  and  keeiis  a  billiard  hall.  He 
was  born  in  Ireland  in  1843,  He  has  had  no  pre- 
vious exiierience  in  the  Legislature, 

9.  George  Loud  Clark.  Reiniblicnn.  real  estate 
agent,  lives  at  No.  215  Charles  street,  and  is  a  new 
member.  He  was  born  in  Boston  March  21.  1850, 
and  received  his  education  in  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technologv. 

9.  Julius  C.  Chappelle.  Reimblican.  janitor, 
lives  at  No.  2  Acorn  street,  was  born  at  Gliai)els, 
Newbury  ccninty.  South  Carolina,  and  was  edu- 
cated in'Chelsea",  Mass.  He  enters  the  Legislature 
for  a  first  term. 

10.  Charles  Wlieeler.  Rejiublican,  lawyer,  lives 
at  No.  175  Tiemont  street,  was  born  in  o'rford.  N. 
H.,  and  was  educated  in  Dartmouth  College,  study- 
ing law  in  the  Harvard  University  Law  School 
with  Judge  Devens  and  Senator  Hoa'r  at  Worces- 
ter and  in  the  office  of  ^fessrs,  Hutchins  &  Wheel- 
er, Boston,  Mr,  Wheeler  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Common  Council  and  was  in  the  House  last 
vear,  serving  on  the  Committee  on  Harbors  and 
Public  Lands, 

10,  Henry  Harrison  Sprague,  Republican, 
lawyer,  lives  at  No,  11  Tremont  jtlace, 
was"  born  in  Athol,  Mass,,  August  1. 
1841,  and  was  graduated  at  Harvard  University 
in  1804,  He  was  a  member  of  the  Boston  Common 
Council  fnmi  1874  to  1876  inclusive,  was  a  Trus- 
tee of  the  Citv  Hospital  in  1875  and  '76,  has  held 
the  same  ))osition  fnmi  1878  to  the  jn-esent  time 
and  has  been  a  member  of  the  House  two  years, 
serving  on  the  Committees  on  Probate  and  Chan- 


9 


eery,  on  the  Library,  on  tlie  Kevision  of  the  Stat- 
utes and  on  the  Judiciary. 

11.  Koger  Woleott,  liepuhlican,  lawyer,  lives 
at  No.  173  Commonwealth  avenue,  was  horn  in 
Boston,  July  13.  1847.  and  was  graduated  at  Har- 
vard University  in  1870.  Mr.  Woleott  was  a  mem- 
ber of  tlie  Coiinnon  rou'icil  from  1877  to  187i>  in- 
clusive, and  was  in  the  H  >use  last  year,  serving  on 
the  Committee  on  ihe  Liorary,  and  as  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Kiections. 

11.  John  W.  Leighton,  Republican,  contractor 
and  builder,  lives  at  No.  20  St.  James  avenue.  He 
was  born  in  Eliot,  Elaine.  February  26,  1828,  and 
came  to  P>oston  a  number  of  years  ago.  He  was  a 
member  of  tlie  Conniion  Coui'icil  several  years  and 
was  in  the  House  last  year,  serving  on  the  Com- 
mittee on  Towns. 

12.  Patrick  F.  McDonald,  Democrat,  iron  and 
steel  merchant,  lives  at  No.  3  Spear  alley,  was 
born  iu  Boston  July  10,  1852,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  Common  Council  in  1877  and  '78.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  House  two  years  and  served 
on  the  Committees  on  Claims  and  on  Mercantile 
Affairs. 

12.  Jeremiah  H.  Mullane,  Democrat,  liquor 
dealer,  lives  at  No.  253  Federal  street,  and  is  a 
native  of  Boston.  He  was  born  in  August,  1852, 
was  a  member  of  the  Common  Council  in  1877,  '78 
and  '79,  and  has  been  in  the  House  three  years, 
serving  on  the  Conunittees  on  the  Public  Service 
and  on  Printing. 

13.  Cornelius  F.  Crouin,  Democrat,  Lawyer, 
lives  at  No.  4  B  street.  South  Boston,  was  born  in 
Irelantl  July  25,  1851,  and  studied  in  the  Boston 
University  School  of  Lnv.  A  member  of  the  House 
the  past  two  years,  he  has  served  on  the  Committee 
on  Probate  and  Chancery.  Last  year  he  was  one 
of  the  monitors  of  the  House. 

13.  Francis  O'Brien,  Democrat,  harness  maker, 
lives  at  No.  76  West  Fifth  street.  South  Boston, 
and  is  a  new  member.  He  was  born  in  Ireland 
June  14,  1845. 

14.  Horace  L.  Bowker,  Democrat,  manufactur- 
ing chemist,  lives  at  No.  813  Broadway,  South 
Boston,  was  born  in  Phillii)ston,  Mass.,  Nov.  22, 
1832.  and  was  educated  in  the  common  selu)ols 
and  the  Westminster  Academy.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  House  in  l.s7:^  and  '75,  and  served  on  the 
Public  Health  and  other  comnu'ttees.  In  1805  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Conniion  Council,  and  since 
1877  he  has  held  the  office  of  State  .\ssayer. 

14.  William  H.  Frizzell,  Democrat,  is  a  de- 
signer and  engraver,  and  lives  at  No.  158  K  street, 
South  Boston.  He  was  born  in  Boston  March  12, 
1847,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
Last  year  he  was  a  member  of  the  Common  Coun- 
cil.   He  enters  the  Legislature  for  a  tirst  term. 

15.  Oliver  G.  Fern.ald.  Democrat,  truckman, 
lives  at  No.  268  West  Fifth  street,  South  Boston, 
was  born  in  Tuftonborough.  N.  H.,  Feb.  15,  1844, 
and  was  educated  in  the  local  schools.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  House  last  year,  and  served  on  the 
Committee  on  Towns. 

15.  Charles  William  Donahoe,  Democrat,  sales- 
man, lives  at  No.  203  West  Eighth  street,  South 
Boston,  and  is  a  native  of  this  city.  He  was  born 
July  7, 1856,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Common  Council  in  is.so 
and '82.    This  is  his  first  term  in  the  Legislatuie. 

16.  Jeremiah  G.  Fennessey.  Democrat,  conduc- 
tor, lives  at  No.  303  Albany"street  and  is  a  new 
member.  He  was  born  iii  (ilanworth.  County 
Cork,  Ireland,  receiving  his  education  there  and 
in  Boston. 

16.  Abraham  J.  Lamb,  Demoei-at,  grocer,  lives 
at  No.  37  Seneca  street,  was  Ijorn  in  Boston  July 
27,  1844,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  was 
a  member  of  the  Comnum  Council  in  1872  and 
'73,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  H(mse  two 
years,  serving  on  the  Connnittee  on  Mercantile 
Affairs. 

17.  Jesse  L.  Nason,  Republican,  real  estate 
broker  and  auctioneer,  lives  at  No.  89  Waltham 
street  and  was  born  in  Franklin,  Mass.,  October 


22, 1837.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Common  Coun- 
cil in  1878  and  '79.  Last  year  he  was  in  the 
House  and  was  on  the  Connnittee  on  Mercantile 
Affairs. 

17.  Edmund  Tucker  Eastman,  Republican,  phy- 
sician, lives  at  No.  293  Shavvmut  avenue.  He  was 
born  in  Hampstead,  N.  H.,  November  6, 
1820,  was  prepared  for  college  at  the 
Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  and  was  grad- 
uated at  Harvard  University  in  1846.  tak- 
ing his  medical  degree  at  the  Harvard  Univer- 
sity Medical  School  in  1850.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Overseers  of  the  Poor  and  of 
the  SchooH'omniittee.  ;iiiil  lias  held  the  oitices  of 
Disjiensary  Physician  ai.d  Warden.  A  member  of 
the  House  last  year,  he  served  on  the  Committees 
on  Leave  of  Absence  and  on  the  Library. 

18.  Albert  Turner  Whiting,  Republican,  real 
estate  and  insurance  broker,  lives  at  No.  69 
Worcester  street.  He  was  born  in  Charlestown 
Septe:nber  30,  1833.  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Boston  and  Lowell,  and  was  at  one 
time  engaged  in  the  wholesale  clothing  trade. 
Fr(mi  Jamuiry,  1873,  until  his  resignation  in  Jan- 
uary. 1875,  he  was  a  Commissioner  of  the  Board 
of  Health.  He  has  been  a  Director  for  Public  In- 
stitutions three  years,  being  President  of  the 
Board  the  past  two  years.  He  enters  the  Legisla- 
ture for  a  first  time. 

18.  George  E.  Learnard,  Republican,  lives  at 
No.  158  West  Concord  street,  and  is  engaged  in 
mercantile  business.  He  is  a  native  of  Boston  and 
was  born  May  15,  1830.  In  1869  and  '70  he  was 
in  the  ("oninion  Council,  and  during  the  past  two 
years  he  has  been  a  menibcr  of  the  House,  serving 
on  theConimittee  on  Public  Charitable  Institutions. 

19.  Patrick  11.  ^Manning,  Democrat,  gi'ocer, 
lives  at  No.  961  Tremont  street,  was  born  in  Ros- 
common, Ireland.  .lauuary  27,  1845,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  House  last  year,  serving  on  the 
Committee  on  the  State  House. 

19.  William  Kilduff.  Democrat,  morocco 
finisher,  lives  at  No.  9  King  street  court  and  is  a 
new  member.  He  was  born  in  Boston  April  18, 
1842,  and  was  educated  in  lioxluiry. 

20.  Arthur  F.  jNIcans.  Kejuiblican.  lawyer,  lives 
at  No.  43  Langdon  strct't.  Mount  Pleasant,  was 
born  in  Boston  September  16.  1857,  and  received 
his  education  in  the  l'>ostoii  University.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  CoimiKm  Council  and  was  in 
the  House  last  year,  serving  on  the  Committees  on 
Probate  and  Chancery  and  on  Constitutional 
Amendments. 

20.  William  Henry  Sayward,  Republican, 
builder,  lives  in  Monadnock  street.  Dorchester, 
was  born  in  Boston  Februaiy  20,  1845,  and  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  is  a  new  mem- 
ber. 

21.  Andrew  J.  Browne,  Republican,  real  estate 
broker,  lives  at  No.  69  Bainbridge  street,  was 
born  in  Brentwood.  N.  H.,  March''25,  1831,  has 
served  as  Assistant  Assessor  in  Boston  several 
years,  and  was  in  the  House  last  year,  being  a 
member  of  the  Committee  on  Taxation. 

21.  Halsey  J.  Boardman.  Kei>ul)lican,  lawyer, 
lives  at  No. '41  Perriii  street,  \\;is  liorn  in  Nor- 
wich, Vermont.  M.iy  19.  l,s:^4.  niid  was  graduated 
at  Dartmouth  Collenc  in  1858.  He  was  a  Commis- 
sioner of  the  Boiird  of  Enrollment  for  the  Fourth 
Massachusetts  District  during  the  war  of  the  Re- 
bellion, was  a  member  of  the  Boston  Common 
t!ouncil  in  1873,  '74  and  '75,  and  was  President  of 
that  body  in  1875.  He  enters  the  Legislature  for 
a  first  term. 

22.  Michael  W.  Coslello,  Democrat,  machinist 
and  engineer,  lives  at  No.  29  Smith  street,  was 
liorii  in  Ireland  August  3.  1852.  and  was  educated 
in  the  Boston  imbjie  schools.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Common  Coumal  iu  1879  and '81.  and  now 
enters  upon  his  first  term  in  the  Legislature. 

23.  George  A.  O.  Ernst,  Republican,  lawyer, 
lives  at  .Jamaica  Plain,  and  is  a  new  member.  He 
was  born  in  Cincinnati.  Oliio.  November  8,  1850, 
and  was  graduated  at  Harvard  University  in  1871. 


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23.  Edward  Paysou  Butler.  Republican,  whole- 
sale dealer  in  coal,  lives  on  A  street.  Jamaica 
Plain,  was  born  in  Boston  March  8.  1838.  and  is 
a  graduate  of  the  English  High  School.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  House  two  years,  serving 
on  the  Connnittees  on  Elections,  on  Cities,  and  on 
Labor. 

24.  William  AVales  Whitmarsh.  Eeiniblican.  is 
Treasurer  of  the  I'ntnam  Nail  Comjianv  and  lives 
at  No.  22  High  street.  Nei)onset.  He  was  bcnui  in 
Abington,  Mass..  June  1.  1838.  is  a  graduate  of 
the  Koxliury  English  High  School,  and  enters  the 
Legislature  for  a  lirst  term. 

24.  Edmund  F.  Snow.  Ke]inl)lican.  grocer,  lives 
at  39  Mather  street.  Dorclu-ster.  andis  anew  mem- 
ber. He  was  born  in  North  Kridgewater,  Mass., 
July  1.^.  1841.  was  fducated  in  the  local  schools, 
and  durnig  the  war  of  the  Kclicllion  served  in  the 
Thirty-tifth  MaNsaclnisetts  liegiment.  receiving  a 
wound  in  front  (if  l'cter>liurg. 

25.  Charles  Lawrence  Kandall,  Democrat,  is 
Trustee  of  the  Kugglcs  Mica  Estate  and  lives  in 
Brighton.  He  was  horn  in  Bosttm  in  1841,  and  is 
a  graduate  of  the  Harvard  Medical  School.  This 
IS  liis  first  term  in  the  Legislature. 

26.  Charles  Carroll  Hutchinson,  Republican,  of 
Chelsea,  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  F.  W.  Lincoln 
&  Co..  dealers  in  nautical  instruments  and  charts, 
and  was  born  in  Boston  in  1832.  He  is  a  Tru.stee 
of  the  Chelsea  Savings  Hank,  has  been  a  member 
of  both  branches  of  the  Chelsea  Citv  Council  and 
was  in  the  House  last  year,  serving  on  the  Com- 
mittee on  Insurance. 

26.  D.  Frank  Kind)all,  Reimlilican.  lawyer,  of 
Chelsea,  was  born  in  Boston  December  4.  184.5, 
and  studied  in  the  jjublic  scliools,  under  private 
tutors,  in  the  Harvard  I'niversitv  Law  School  and 
iu  the  office  of  Hon,  A.  A,  Rannev.  He  has  been  a 
mendjer  of  the  Chelsea  Common  Council  and  an 
Associate  Justice  of  the  Chelsea  Police  Ccmrt. 
During  the  i)ast  two  years  he  has  held  the  office 
of  City  Solicitor.  This  is  his  first  term  in  the  Leg- 
islature. 

20.  Thomas  Martin.  Republican,  manufacturer, 
of  Chelsea,  is  a  new  member.  He  was  born  in  Lei- 
cester. England.  August  2,  1839,  and  was  educa- 
ted m  his  native  place. 

Essex  County. 
_  1.  Edward  H.  Shaw.  Reiniblican.  of  Rockport. 
IS  engaged  in  the  stage  and  liverv  business,  and  is 
a  new  mendJer  of  tlie  House.  '  He  was  Iwrn  in 
Salem,  Mass.,  OH.  23,  181G,  and  received  his  edu- 
cation in  Gloucester. 

2.  Frank  H.  Gaffney,  Democrat,  caulker,  of 
Gloucester,  was  born  in  that  citv  Aug.  26.  1848 
and  was  educated  in  the  local  schools.  He  has 
served  m  both  branches  of  the  City  Council,  and 
was  I'resident  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  in  1881. 
He  enters  the  Legislature  for  a  first  term. 

2.  Erastus  Howes.  Democrat,  ship  joiner,  of 
Gloucester.  IS  a  new  member,  was  born  in  Chat- 
ham. Mass..  July  3,  1834,  and  was  educated  in 
Granville  Seminary.  During  the  War  of  the  Re- 
bellion he  served  four  years  and  nearly  a  month  in 
the  Twenty-fourth  M.issaelnisetts  Keginient.  Last 
year  he  was  a  member  of  the  Coniinou  Council.  He 
has  not  been  a  member  of  the  Legislature  before. 

3.  John  H.  Cheever,  Democrat,  insurance 
?§^'Jt'.°/  Manchester,  was  born  in  that  town  Sept, 
13,  1841,  and  received  his  education  in  the  local 
schools.  He  has  held  various  town  offices  for  long 
terms,  but  has  not  had  any  previous  experience  in 
the  Legislature. 

4.  Alonzo  Johnson  Stetson,  National,  of  Dan- 
vers,  IS  a  furniture  dealer.  He  was  born  in  Greene, 
Me.,  in  1838,  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools,  and  is  a  new  member  of  the  House, 

t>.  John  I.  Baker,  Democrat,  of  Beverly.  Is  a 
real  estate  agent,  and  in  point  of  service"  is  the 
senior  member  of  the  House,  He  was  born  in 
Beverly  August  16,  1812.  and  has  had  a  long  pub- 
lic career,  having  held  various  commissions  under 
the  State  Govenuiieut,  and  served  in  both  branches 


of  the  Legislature  and  in  the  Executive  Council. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  House  in  1840,  '45,  '46, 
'47.  '52.  '.56.  '65.  'CC.  "69.  '71.  "75.  '78.  '79.  "80, 
"81  and  '82.  of  the  Senate  in  1863  and  "64.  and  of 
the  Council  in  18(50  and  '(il.  During  his  hmg 
legislative  career  Mr.  Baker  has  served  on  a  num- 
ber of  im|portant  committees,  and  has  been  House 
Chairman  of  several. 

6.  William  Cogswell,  Republican,  lawyer,  of 
Salem,  was  born  in  Bradford.  Mass..  August  23, 
183S.  and  pursued  his  studies  in  Kimball  Union 
Academy.  Meriden.  X.  H..  in  I'hillips  Academy, 
Andover.  and  in  Dartmouth  College.  He  was 
graduated  at  the  Harvard  University  I^aw  School 
in  186(1.  and  served  in  the  Union  arniy  during  the 
war  of  the  Keliellion,  attaining  the  brevet  rank  of 
Brigadier  General,  (ieii.  Cogswell  was  Mayor  of 
Salem  five  years,  held  various  other  local  olHices, 
and  was  a  menilier  of  the  House  in  1870.  '71,  '81 
and  '82.  He  has  served  on  the  Committees  on  the 
Judiciary,  on  Towns,  on  Intoxicating  Li(|Uors.  and 
on  the  Revision  of  the  Statutes,  and  lias  been 
Chairman  of  the  Judiciary  Committee  the  past  two 
years. 

0.  John  Jackson,  Democrat,  last  manufacturer, 
of  Salem,  was  born  in  Boston  in  T822  and  re- 
ceived his  education  in  Salem.  He  has  held  the 
eftice  of  Alderman  two  years  and  was  a  iiiemberof 
the  House  in  1878,  serving  on  the  Committee  on 
Horse  Railroads. 

7.  Cliarles  Warren  Richardson,  Republican, 
lawyer,  of  Salein.  is  a  new  member,  was  liorn  in 
Salem  September  7,  1843,  and  was  educated  in 
Harvard  University.  He  has  been  a  niember  of 
the  City  Council  and  is  now  a  member  of  the 
School  ('ommittee. 

7.  Edmund  B.  Willson,  Republican,  clergy- 
man, of  Salem,  was  born  in  Petersham,  Mass., 
August  15,  1820.  and  studied  in  Yale  College  and 
in  the  Harvard  University  Divinity  School.  He 
was  Chaplain  of  the  Twenty-fourth  Massachu- 
•setts  Regiment.  This  is  his  first  term  in  the  Leg- 
islature. 

8.  Francis  E.  Pedrick,  Democrat,  of  Marble- 
head,  is  foreman  in  a  shoe  factory,  was  born  iu 
Jlarblehead  April  27,  1829,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  House  in  1872,  serving  on  the  Pay  Roll  Com- 
mittee. 

8.  Thomas  P.  Wiggins,  Republican,  of  Marble- 
head,  a  new  member,  is  a  maker  of  boot  and  shoe 
])attcriis.  He  was  bcnai  in  Marldehead  March  29, 
1832,  and  was  educated  in  the  loeal  schools. 

9.  John  Lord  Parker.  Keiuiblican.  of  Lynn,  is 
editor  of  the  Daily  Evening  Item  of  that  city  and 
is  a  new  niemberof  the  Legislature.  He  was  b(U"n 
ill  Chariestown  June  7.  1837.  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  scuctoIs.  and  was  a  Union  soldier 
during  the  war  of  the  Rebellion.  While  serving 
in  the  Twenty-second  Massachusetts  Regiment 
he  was  severely  wounded  and  taken  jirisoner  at 
Gaines's  Mills,  and  was  confined  in  Libby  Prison. 
After  being  exchanged  he  was  instriiniental  in 
forming  a  conii)any  in  Woburn  for  the  Eleventh 
JIassachusctts  Regiment.  He  was  Assistant  Adju- 
tant General  on  the  staff  of  General  McAllister, 
and  was  i)resent  at  General  Lee's  surrender. 
While  a  resident  of  Woburn  Mr.  Parker  served  on 
the  School  Committee  five  years, 

10.  William  R.  Melden,  Indeiiendent.  clerk,  of 
Lynn,  was  born  in  Liverpool.  Nova  Scotia,  Febru- 
ary 8.  1842.  and  received  his  edu(>ation  in  Salem. 
Diiring  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  he  was  a  niember 
of  the  Nineteenth  Massachusetts  liegiiiRiit.  and 
lost  his  left  arm  in  the  battle  of  Fair  Oaks.  Va., 
June  25,  1862.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Lynn 
SchooU'ommittee  fifteen  consecutive  years  and  was 
in  the  House  in  1869  and  "71.  serving  on  the  Com- 
mittee on  Bills  in  the  Third  Reading. 

10.  George  Wells  Littlefield.  Democrat,  shoe- 
maker, of  Lynn,  is  a  new  member,  was  born  in 
Kennebunk.  Niaine.  and  received  a  common  school 
education.  During  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  he 
was  a  First  Lieutenant  in  the  Tenth  New  Hamp- 
shire Kegimeut. 


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10.  Charles  H.  Baker.  Re]  ublican.  of  Lynn,  a 
new  member,  is  a  manufactuier  of  shoes,  was  horn 
in  Solon.  Maine.  Fehrnarv  -',  1.S47.  and  has  heen  a 
member  of  lioth  hranehes'of  the  Lynn  City  Coimeil. 

11.  .James  W.  Switzer.  liei.ul  litan.  of  Lynn,  is 
a  native  of  that  eity.  and  was  horn  January  2G, 
1836.  He  has  served  in  the  Lynn  Cdnmion  Conn- 
cil  several  years,  and  was  in  the  House  last  year, 
being  a  member  of  the  Committee  nn  Prisons. 

12.  Aaron  Fnller  Clark.  Democrat,  lumber 
dealer,  of  Peahody,  was  born  in  Francestown,  N. 
H..  April  7,  1810.  and  was  educated  in  the  local 
schools.    He  is  a  new  mendier. 

13.  Albert  H.  Sweetser.  Ke|iul)lican,  of  Sangns, 
is  a  manufacturer  of  snuff.  He  was  born  in  Hau- 
gus  "Shiy  24.  1848.  anil  received  his  education  in 
Chaunc'y  Hall  School  and  the  Wesleyan  Academy, 
"Wilbrariam.  This  is  his  lirst  term  in  the  Legis- 
lature. 

14.  Charles  Smith,  Repidilican.  clergyman,  of 
Andover,  was  born  in  Hatfield.  Mass..  in  1818, 
and  was  educated  in  Amherst  College.  Last  year 
he  was  a  uieiul)er  of  the  House,  serving  on  the 
Committee  on  Parishes  and  Keligious  St)cieties. 

Ir,.  William  Pi.  Kimliall,  Republican,  shoe- 
maker, of  Boxford,  is  a  new  member,  was  born  in 
Goffstown.  N.  H.,  February  18.  1811,  and  re- 
ceived a  connnon  school  education.  He  held  a 
commission  in  the  old  Slate  militia. 

16.  John  P.  Coomlis.  Republican,  of  Newbury- 
port,  is  a  conductor  on  the  lioston  and  Maine  Rail- 
road. He  was  born  in  Newburyport  Septendier 
19,  1837,  was  graduated  at  the  Brown  High 
School,  was  a  member  of  the  ]5oard  of  Aldermen 
one  year,  and  was  in  the  House  hist  year,  serving 
on  tl'ie  Committee  on  the  I-'islieries. 

16.  Thomas  C.  Suui'son.  Republican,  lawyer,  of 
Newburyport,  was  liorn  in  that  city  :SLirch  21, 
1853,  was  graduated  at  Bowdoin  College  in  1874, 
and  at  the  Boston  University  Law  School  in  1877, 
has  been  a  member  of  the  School  Committee  and 
of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  enters  the  Legisla- 
ture for  a  lirst  term. 

17.  Walter  Scott  Peabody.  Democrat,  farmer, 
of  Groveland.  was  born  in  Bradford,  Mass.,  De- 
cember lu.  1830,  and  is  a  new  member. 

18.  Marquis  D.  F.  Steere,  Republican,  manufac- 
turer, of  Amesbury.  a  new  member,  was  born  in 
Pascoag,  R.  L,  January  lo.  1822.  and  received  his 
education  in  Sniitblield  Seminarv. 

l.s.  David  L.  Ambrose,  IJepublican,  physician, 
of  West  Newbury,  was  born  in  Deerfleld,  N.  H.. 
May  17,  1822.  aiid  received  an  academical  educa- 
tion. He  has  served  <in  the  School  Couuiiittee  in 
West  Newbury  seme  twenty  years,  and  enters  the 
Legislature  for  a  first  term. 

19.  Daniel  B.  Clutt',  Republican,  of  Haverhill,  is 
a  shoe  manufacturer,  was  born  in  Salem,  N.  H.. 
I)ecemlier  12,  1S24,  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Haverhill  Board  of  Aldermen  and  was  in  the  House 
last  year,  serving  on  the  Committee  on  Roads  and 
Bridges, 

19.  Edwin  N.  Hill,  Republican,  lawyer,  of  Ha- 
verhill, was  born  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  March  12, 
1849,  and  was  graduated  at  Harvard  University 
in  1872.  A  memlicr  of  the  House  last  year,  he 
served  on  tlie  Committees  on  Education  and  on  the 
Library. 

19.  Adams  H.  Cogswell,  Republican,  engineer, 
of  Methuen,  was  born  in  Franklin.  Mass.,  August 
11.  1836.  and  was  educated  in  Waltham.  Last 
year  lie  was  a  member  of  the  House  and  served  on 
the  Committee  on  Federal  Relations. 

20.  Dennis  (Jilmartin.  Democrat,  of  Lawrence, 
is  engaged  in  the  tea  and  coffee  business,  was  born 
in  Ireland  May  27,  1854,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
House  last  year,  serving  on  the  Committee  on 
Labor. 

20.  Dennis  A.  Sullivan,  Democrat,  idiarmacist, 
of  Lawrence,  was  born  in  Lowell,  :siass..  May  7, 
1842,  and  studied  in  Holv  Cross  College,  Worces- 
ter. He  served  in  the  Signal  Cmps  of  the  United 
States  army  during  the  war  of  the  Rebellion.  He 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Lawrence  Scliool  Com- 


mittee, was  a  member  of  the  House  last  year  and 
served  on  the  Committee  on  Printing. 

21.  Samuel  M.  D.ivis.  Republic.ui,  real  estate 
agent,  of  I^awreiice.  is  a  new  member,  was  born  in 
Parsoiiticlil.  Me..  February  24.  is^io,  and  received 
a  connnon  school  education.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  both  branches  of  the  Lawrence  City  Council, 
and  was  agent  of  the  Board  of  Health  three  years. 

21.  Daniel  F.  Dolan.  Democrat,  of  Lawrence,  is 
a  wool  hat  finisher,  and  was  born  in  Ireland  March 
19,  1847,  receiving  his  education  in  the  ]>a\vrence 
schools.  He  has  been  President  of  the  Lawrence 
Connnon  Council,  lias  been  a  Caiitain  in  the  Ninth 
Regiment  ;M.  ^^  M.  a  numlier  of  years,  and  was  in 
the  House  in  1880,  serving  on  the  Committees  on 
Leave  of  Absence  and  on  Military  Affairs. 
Middlesiex    Cuunty. 

1.  William  Amos  Bancroft.  Republican,  lawyer, 
of  Cambridue.  was  born  in  Grotoii,  Mass..  Ajiril 
26,  IS,"..'),  was  graduated  at  Harv.ird  University  in 
187.S,  studied  law  in  the  ILirvaid  University  Law 
School  two  years,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Suffolk 
Bar.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Cambridge  Com- 
mon Council  last  year,  and  is  Colonel  of  tiie  Fitth 
Regiment  M.  V.  M.  He  enters  the  Legislature  for 
a  flist  term, 

1.  Chester  W.  Kingsley,  Republican,  of  Cani- 
bri<lge.  is  President  of  a  bank  and  is  engaged  in 
coal  uiiniug.  He  was  born  in  Brigliton  June  9, 
1824,  has  been  a  member  of  the  Cambridge  Board 
of  Aldermen.  School  Committee  and  Water  board, 
and  was  in  the  House  last  year,  serving  on  the 
Committee  on  the  Liquor  I>aw. 

2.  George  D.  Chamberlain,  Republican,  of 
Cambridge,  is  a  wholesale  dealer  in  beef  in  Bos- 
ton, was  born  in  Westboro',  Mass,,  June  4,  1823, 
and  was  educated  in  the  local  scliools.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Cambridge  Board  of  Alder- 
men, was  six  years  one  of  the  Overseers  of  the 
Poor,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  House  two 
years,  serving  on  tlie  Committees  on  tlie  Liquor 
Law  and  on  Public  Health,  and  last  year  as  House 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  liaiiks  and  Banking. 

2.  John  W.  Wilkinson.  Republican,  piano 
maker,  of  Cambridge,  was  born  in  R(jchester,  N. 
Y..  in  1832,  and  received  his  education  in  the  Fort 
Edward  Institute,  New  York.  From  1861  to  18(;4 
he  served  in  the  Fortv-tliiid  New  York  Regiment 
as  Lieutenant  and  Captain,  He  is  a  new  member 
of  the  Legislature. 

2.  Lewis  W.  Howes.  Republican,  lawyer,  was 
born  in  Sidnev.  Me.  While  a  resident  of  tiiat  State 
he  held  the  office  of  County  Attorney  tor  Knox 
couutv.  and  was  law  pailner  with  Nehemiah  Ab- 
bot oi  Belfast,  with  whom  he  liad  studied  his  pro- 
fession. He  enters  the  Legislature  for  a  first 
term. 

3.  Joseph  J.  Kelley.  Democrat,  caliinet  maker, 
of  Cambriilue,  was  boVn  in  Ireland  November  28, 
1S42,  and  was  educated  lu  the  public  schools  of 
Cambridge,  was  a  member  of  the  Common  Coun- 
cil in  1874  and  '75,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
House  from  1877  to  1879  inclusive,  serving  on  the 
Conmiittees  on  Labor,  on  Woman  Suffrage,  and  on 
Public  Charitable  Institutions. 

4.  Elijah  C.  Clark,  lie)  ulilican,  of  Simierville,  is 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Clark  Bros.&  Co..  produce 
dealers,  of  Jioston;  was  born  in  East  Corinth.  Me., 
Auiiusl  23.1843.  and  was  educated  in  his  native 
place  and  in  Bangor.  During  the  war  of  the  re- 
tiellion  he  served  in  the  First  Maine  Heavy  Artil- 
lery, and  was  wounded  at  Petersburg  June  18, 
l.si;4.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Somerville 
City  Council  the  past  live  years,  serving  three 
vears  in  theniiper  branch.  He  has  liad  no  pre- 
vious experience  in  the  Legislature. 

5.  Charles  S.  Lincoln.  Democrat,  lawyer,  of 
Somerville,  was  born  in  Wali)ole,  N.  H..  April  20, 
182<),  was  graduated  at  Harvard  University  in 
1850,  and  alter  te.iching  school  three  years  stud- 
ied law  with  Juilue  P.ose  of  Walpole  and  in  the 
office  of  Messrs.  Hutcliins  &  Wheeler  of  Boston, 
being  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  1855.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Selectmen  in  Somerville  be- 


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fore  the  City  Govcniment  was  established  there, 
has  served  mi  tlic  Seliool  Coiiimittee  a  miinher  of 
years,  and  has  been  on  tlie  Standins  ('<)niniittee  of 
the  Unitarian  Clnireh  twenty-live  years.  In  1879 
he  was  elected  to  the  Honse  to  "till  a  vacitney 
caused  1  y  the  dcatli  of  James  Lonj;  of  Soiuerville, 
and  was  on  the  Connnittee  on  Claims. 

C.  Edward  (Uines.  Keimhliein.  of  Sonierville, 
is  a  coffee  and  spice  merchant  in  Boston,  was  born 
in  Somerville.  .Vugnst  :U.  1841),  and  is  a  f;radnate 
of  the  local  High  School.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Connnon  Council  in  1878  and '79.  was  Presi- 
dent of  that  l)0(ly  tlie  latter  year,  and  was  in  the 
House  last  year,  being  a  meniber  of  the  Connnittee 
on  Street  Railways. 

7.  Joshua  T.  Foster,  Reiiublican,  retired  ship- 
builder, of  Mcdford.  was  born  ni  .South  Scitnate  in 
January.  ISlo,  was  educated  in  the  local  scliools, 
has  belli  various  locil  offices,  was  at  one  time  a 
Captain  in  the  militia,  and  now  enters  the  Legisla- 
ture for  a  first  term. 

8.  "Williiin  F.  Chester,  Rejiublicau,  of  Maiden, 
is  engaged  in  wood  and  ivory  turning  in  l^oston.  in 
■which  city  he  was  born  .January  17,  183.">.  He  has 
held  local  offices  in  Maiden,  aiid  was  a  member  of 
the  House  last  year,  serving  on  the  Connnittee  on 
Towns. 

8.  (leoi'ge  Edwin  Smith,  Republican,  lawyer,  of 
Everett,  is  a  new  member,  was  born  in  New  Hamp- 
ton, N.  H.,  April  5,  1849,  was  graduated  at  Hates 
College  in  187.3,  and  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
Messrs,  Fryc,  Cotton  &  Wliite.  I.ewiston,  Me.,  be- 
ing admitted  to  llie  Bar  in  P.(iston  in  187."). 

9.  Wiiigate  1*.  Sargent.  Keiiiil)lican.  merchant, 
of  Melrose,  was  born  in  Merrimac,  Mass..  in  1822, 
and  was  educated  in  the  connnon  schools  and  an 
academy.  He  has  been  Chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Selectmen  and  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commis- 
sioners in  Melrose,  but  has  not  been  a  member  of 
the  Legislature  before.    - 

10.  (ieorge  Cowdrey,  Democrat,  real  estate 
dealer,  of  Stuueham  was  born  intliattown  Janmiry 
5,  1815,  lias  held  various  town  offices  and  was  a 
member  of  tlie  House  in  1844,  ".")(),  '.">1  and  '02, 
serving  on  the  Coiiiinittees  on  Banks  and  Banking 
and  on  the  ISettt'r  Security  of  the  Ballot. 

11.  .\rlon  S.  Atherton,  Republican,  grocer,  of 
Wakefield,  was  born  in  Rielnnond,  N.  H.,  April  4, 
1842,  and  received  his  education  in  the  ]mblic 
schools.  He  was  a  private  and  afterwards  a  com- 
missioned officer  in  the  Third  New  Hampshire 
Regiment  during  the  war  of  the  Reliellion.  and 
was  severely  wounded  and  taken  prisoner  in  Au- 
gust. 18(!4.  He  has  held  town  offices  in  Warwick 
and  Wakefield  and  was  in  the  House  in  1873, 
serving  on  the  (^ommittee  on  Elections. 

12.  Warieu  Eanies.  Reinililicaii.  of  Wilmington 
is  engaged  in  fanning  and  deals  in  provisions,  was 
born  in  Wilmington  July  3u,  1833.  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Peirce  Academy,  Middleboro'.  He  is 
a  new  member. 

13.  John  (leary  Maguire.  Democrat,  lawj-er,  is 
anew  luenilier.  lives  in  Woburn,  was  born  in 
Waltham.  ;\Iass..  .Tune  1,  1849,  and  received  bis 
education  in  tlie  Waltham  schools  antl  the  Law 
Scliool  of  Boston  University. 

14.  James  F.  Dwinell,  Itepublican,  of  Winches- 
ter, is  a  inannfaetui-er  and  wholesale  dealer  in 
coffee  and  siiices.  was  born  in  Newjiort.  N.  H., 
July  23,  182"),  and  attended  school  there  and  in 
Lowell,  Mass.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Aldermen  in  Cliarlestown  before  that  citv  was  an- 
nexed to  Boston,  has  been  Chairman  of  the  AVater 
Board  in  Wiiicliester  three  years,  an<l  was  in  the 
House  in  is.'i'.i  and  'Co.  being  House  Chairman  of 
tlie  Committee  on  Itoads  and  Bridges  in  18('.0. 

15.  Daniel  Butler.  Republican,  clergyman,  of 
Belmont,  is  a  new  member,  was  born  "in  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  June  23,  1808.  was  educated  in  Yale 
College,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  School 
Committee  in  Belmont. 

10.  Charles  C.  Burr.  Rejinblican.  merchant,  of 
Newton,  was  born  in  Worcester,  Mass..  February 
9,   1818,  and  was  educated  in  Leicester  Acad- 


emy. He  has  been  a  meniber  of  the  Newton 
Board  of  Aldermen,  and  becomes  a  member  of  the 
Legislature  for  the  first  time. 

10.  Thomas  Weston,  .Jr..  Republican,  lawyer, 
of  Newton,  is  a  new  member,  was  born  in  Mid- 
dleboro'. Mass.,  June  14,  1834.  and  received  his 
education  in  the  Peirce  Academy  and  the  Harvard 
University  Law  School. 

17.  John  S.  Williams,  Democrat,  is  Town 
Treasurer  of  Waltham.  was  born  in  Weston, 
Mass.,  February  10,  1834,  and  is  a  new  member. 

18.  Leonard  A.  Saville.  Republican,  grocer,  of 
Lexington,  is  a  new  member,  was  born  in  (llou- 
cester,  Mass.,  January  31.  1833.  and  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  (iloncester  and  Charles- 
town.  He  has  held  several  of  the  more  imiiortant 
town  offices  in  Lexington,  is  Clerk  and  Treasurer 
of  the  Lexington  (ias  Liglit  Companv  ami  Secre- 
tary and  Director  of  the  ]>exiiigton  Water  Com- 
pany. 

19.  Jesse  B.  Butterfleld.  Republican,  farmer,  of 
Tvngsborough,  a  new  member,  was  born  in  Tyngs 
borough  February  13,  1840,  attended  the  "local 
schools  and  the  Westford  Adademy,  and  lias  held 
various  town  offices. 

20.  John  Courtney.  Democrat,  grocer,  of  Low 
ell,  was  born  in  Ireland  February  2. 1834,  and  was 
educated  in  his  native  country".  He  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Lowell  City  Council,  and  enters  the 
Legislature  for  a  first  terni. 

21.  Daniel  H.  Varnum,  Rei  ublicin,  real  estate 
dealer,  of  Lowell,  was  born  in  Dr.icnt,  Mass.,  Feb- 
ruary 11,  1848.  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Lowell 
High  Schi)ol.    He  is  a  new  member. 

22.  Michael  Sexton,  Democrat,  iirovision  dealer, 
of  Lowell,  is  a  new  memlier,  w  is  born  in  Ireland 
Aiiril  25.  1854.  received  his  education  in  the  Low- 
ell scliools,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  School 
Committee  in  Lowell. 

23.  Charles  D.  Starbird,  Republican,  real  es- 
tate dealer,  of  Lowell,  was  born  in  Freeman,  Me,. 
March  7.  1834,  and  was  educated  in  the  imblie 
schools.  He  lias  been  a  member  of  the  Lowell 
Common  Council,  but  is  a  new  member  of  the  Leg- 
islature. 

24.  George  L.  Huntoon.  RepubMcin,  stable 
keeper,  of  Lowell,  was  born  in  Albinv.  Vt..  .Vngust 
13,  1835.  has  been  a  member  of  botli  branches  of 
the  Lowell  City  Council,  and  has  held  a  commis- 
sion as  Captain  in  the  militia.  He  is  a  new  mem- 
ber. 

25.  George  A.  Marden.  Reinibliean.  of  Lowell, 
is  editor  of  the  Lowell  Courier.  He  was  born  in 
Mont  Vernon,  N.  H..  Aug.  9, 1839,  was  graduated 
at  Dartmouth  College  in  1801.  and  during  the  War 
of  the  Rebellion  served  as  First  Lieutenant  and 
Quartermaster  in  the  First  Regiment  of  United 
States  Sharpshooters.  He  studied  law  after  the 
war.  but  in  l.S(i5  took  uji  the  iirofession  of  journal- 
ism and  since  I807  has  been  editor  and  one  of  the 
l)roi)rietors  of  the  pajier  with  which  he  i.s'now  con- 
nected. In  1873  Mr.  Marden  was  a  member  of  the 
House,  and  the  next  year  he  was  elected  Clerk  of 
that  body,  an  office  to  which  he  was  le-eleeted  at 
every  subsequent  session  of  the  Legislature  to  the 
present  time. 

2<>.  Samuel  Staples.  Republican,  farmer,  of  Con^ 
cord,  was  born  in  Meiidon.  INIass..  Nov.  3,  1813, 
and  received  a  common  school  education.  He  has 
held  the  office  of  Selectman  and  Assessor,  has  been 
a  Director  in  the  local  bank,  a  Trustee  of  the  In.sti- 
tution  for  Savings  and  a  Deinity  Jailor  24  years, 
and  was  a  memlier  of  the  House  in  1848,  '52  and 
'50,  serving  on  the  Committee  on  Prisons. 

27.  Henry  Jackson  White,  Republican,  farmer, 
of  Weston,  a  new  meniber,  was  born  in  Taunton, 
Mass..  Nov.  17.  1828,  was  educated  in  the  local 
schools,  and  has  held  the  offices  of  Selertiiian, 
Overseer  of  the  Poor  and  Assessor.  He  is  Cliair- 
nian  of  the  Boards  of  Selectmen  and  Overseers  of 
the  Poor. 

28.  Warren  A.  Bird.  Democrat,  coal  dealer,  of 
Natick,  Avas  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Oct.  14. 
1837,  was  educated   in  the  public  schools,   and 


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served  in  the  Union  army  during  tlie  war  of  the 
Kebellion.  He  was  a  member  of  tlie  House  in  1870 
and  1877  and  was  on  tlie  Public  Health  Com- 
mittee. 

29.  Leonard  T.  Morse,  KepuV)lican.  farmer,  of 
Sherborn  was  boin  in  that  town  July  13.  1825, 
and  received  a  c<  mmon  school  educnti(>"n.  During 
the  war  of  the  Rebellion  he  was  recruiting  officer 
in  his  town,  where  he  has  also  held  the  offices  of 
Chairman  of  the  Boards  of  Selectmen  and  As- 
sessors.   He  is  a   new  member  of  the  Legislature. 

30.  Calelt  Hi  Ibrook.  Democrat,  of  Ashland  is  a 
manufacturer  of  flavt  ring  extracts,  was  born  in 
lianddjiih,  :\Ias.s.,  Jan.  1(3. 1820.  and  was  educated 
in  tlic  Imal  schools.  He  lias  held  town  offices  and 
enters  the  Legislature  for  a  first  term. 

31.  James  K.  Entwistle,  Democrat,  of  Fram- 
ingliam,  is  engaged  in  boot  and  shoe  jobbing,  was 
born  in  Framiiigham  June  5,  1845,  and  lias  held 
the  offices  of  Selectman,  member  of  the  School 
Committee  and  Town  Auditor.  Last  vear  lie  was 
a  member  of  the  House  and  served  on  {he  Commit- 
tee on  Cities. 

32.  Samuel  X.  Aldrich,  Democrat,  lawyer,  of 
Marlboro",  was  born  in  Upton,  INIass..  and  is  about 
42  years  old.  He  studied  in  Brown  University,  in 
the" law  cffice  of  Hon.  Isaac  Davis  and  E.  1!.  Stod- 
dard of  Worcester,  and  in  the  Harvard  University 
Law  ScIkxiI,  and  has  been  sonie.years  a  member  of 
the  Siittolk  Bar.  Mr.  Aldrich  has  been  considera- 
bly interested  in  railroads  in  this  State,  and  is  at 
the  present  time  President  of  the  Massachusetts 
Central  Kailroad.  He  has  not  been  a  member  of 
the  House  bef(n-e,  but  was  in  the  Senate  in  1879 
and  '80.  serving  on  the  Committees  on  Taxation 
as  Chairman  and  on  Bills  in  the  Third  Beading,  on 
Federal  Relations  and  on  Constitutional  Amend- 
ments the  first  year,  and  in  1880  as  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  "on  Taxation  and  on  the  Commit- 
tees on  the  Judiciary  and  on  Bills  in  the  Third 
Reading. 

33.  Luman  T.  Jefts.  Republican,  shoe  manu- 
facturer and  merchant,  of  Hudson,  is  a  new  mem- 
ber. He  was  born  in  Washington,  N.  H..  April  4, 
1830,  and  received  his  education  in  the  Tubbs 
Union  Academy.  Wasliington,  N.  H.  Mr.  Jefts 
has  lieen  on  tlie'local  Scliool  Committee,  and  on  the 
Board  of  Overseers  of  the  I'<i(ir  in  Hudson,  and  is 
President  of  the  Hudson  National  Bank. 

34.  Charles  H.  Miller,  Republican,  carpenter 
and  builder,  is  a  native  resident  of  Pepperell,  was 
born  January  14.  1848.  and  was  educated  in  the 
local  scIkhiIs".  He  is  Chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Selectmen,  and  a  new  member  of  the  Legislature. 

3.">.  Alniizo  Carr.  Rej  ublican.  of  Ashby.  is  a 
manufacturer  of  wdcideii  ware,  was  born  iii  Hud- 
son, ;Mass..  June  7.  ls;;C).  and  received  a  common 
school  education.  During  the  war  of  the  Rebel- 
lion lie  served  three  years  in  the  First  IMassachu- 
setts  Cavalry.  He  has  held  the  positions  of  Town 
Clerk  and  member  of  the  School  Committee,  and 
was  in  the  House  in  1874.  serving  on  the  Commit- 
tee on  Bills  in  the  Third  ReadingT 

Woroester  County. 

1.  Americus  Welch.  Democrat,  of  Blackstone, 
is  retired  fn.ni  Inisiness.  He  was  born  in  North- 
bridge.  October  13,  1831,  has  been  Chairman  of 
the  Boards  of  Selectmen  and  Assessors  in  Black- 
stone  a  number  of  years,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
House  last  year,  serving  on  the  Committees  on 
Parishes  ami  Reli<rious  Societies  and  on  Taxation. 

2.  Thomas  J.  Hall.  Democrat,  contractor  and 
builder,  of  U)ton,  is  a  native  of  that  ))lace,  was 
born  in  December,  1819.  and  was  educated  in  tin- 
local  schools.  He  has  been  Chairman  of  the  Board 
of  Selectmen  for  ten  years  and  enters  the  Legisla- 
ture for  a  first  term. 

2.  David  M.  Richardson,  Democrat,  of  Mendon, 
is  engaged  in  boot  treeing,  was  born  in  Limington, 
Me..  March  4.  1832.  and  is  a  new  member. 

3.  Arthur  Fletcher  Wliitin,  Republican,  manu- 
facturer, of  Northbridge.  was  born  in  that  town 
June  28.  1846.  and  becomes  a  member  of  the  Leg- 
islature for  a  first  term. 


4.  Fitcli  A.  Winchester,  Republican,  farmer,  of 
Southborough,  a  new  member,  was  formerly  a 
trader  in  a  village  store.  He  was  born  in  South- 
boro',  March  11, 1830,  and  was  educated  in  the 
local  schools. 

5.  Henry  S.  Nourse.  Republican,  of  Lancaster, 
is  a  civil  engineer  and  was  for  several  years  Super- 
intendent of  Bessemer  Steel  AVorks  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  was  born  in  Lancaster.  April  9.  1831, 
was  graduated  at  Harvard  University  in  1853.  and 
during  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  was  Lieutenant, 
Adjutant  and  Cajitain  in  an  Illinois  regiment. 
He  is  a  new  meml)er. 

5.  Edwin  A.  Hildreth,  Republican,  of  Harvard, 
is  a  new  member,  is  a  manufacturer,  and  is  also  a 
patent  attorney,  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
March  28,  1843,  and  was  educated  in  the  Cam- 
bridge High  School  and  the  Lawrence  Scientific 
School  and  Engineering  Deiiartment  of  Harvard 
University. 

6.  Onion  H.  Lawrence,  Republican,  of  Fitch- 
burg,  is  President  of  the  Wachusett  National 
Bank,  was  born  in  Brimfield.  ISIass..  April  3,  1844, 
and  was  educated  in  the  Hitc4icock  School.  He  is 
a  new  member. 

0.  Harris  C.  Hartwell.  Republican,  lawyer,  of 
Fitcliburg,  a  new  member,  was  born  in  Groton, 
Mass..  Dec.  28,  1847.  and  was  graduated  at  Har- 
vard University  in  1809.  He  has  been  City  Solici- 
tor of  Fitchburg  five  years. 

7.  Walter  C.  Parker,  Republican,  merchant,  of 
Ashburnham.  was  born  in  that  town  INIay  1,  1841, 
and  was  educated  in  the  local  schools.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  State  militia  fifteen  years, 
holding  a  captain's  commission  seven  years.  This 
is  bis  first  term  in  the  Legislature. 

7.  Wilder  P.  Clark,  Republican,  of  W'inchen- 
don,  is  a  wholesale  dealer  in  wooden  ware  and 
manufacturers'  supplies.  He  was  born  in  Chester- 
field. N.  H.,  October  12,  1832,  studied  in  the  com- 
mon schools  and  Chesterfield  Academy,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  House  in  1877  and  '79,  serving  on 
the  Insurance  and  Finance  Conuuittees. 

8.  Frank  W.  Adams.  Republican,  jiliysician.  of 
Royalston.  was  born  in  Brookfield.  Mass..  Febru- 
arv  18,  1840,  was  graduated  at  Amherst  College 
in'l802,  was  a  First  Lieutenant  in  the  Fifty-first 
Massachusetts  Regiment  in  1802-3.  being  dis- 
charged for  malarial  disability,  and  was  Principal 
of  the  Lawrence  Academy  in  Falmouth.  INIass., 
from  1802  to  1805,  after  which  he  studied  medi- 
cine and  entered  ujion  its  practice.  He  has  been 
Town  Clerk  of  Royalston  six  years,  but  is  new  to 
legislative  duties. 

9.  Charles  S.  Lord.  Republican,  of  Templeton, 
is  an  inin  founder  and  stove  manufacturer,  was 
born  in  Templetun  Mav  29.  1829.  and  was  educat- 
ed in  the  local  schools.     He  is  a  new  member. 

10.  Allen  W.  Goodman.  Republican,  of  Dana, 
is  a  manufacturer  of  woolen  goods,  and  enters  the 
Legislature  for  a  first  term.  He  was  born  in  Pres- 
cott.  Mass.,  November  1.  1837,  studied  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  has  served  the  town  of  Dana  on 
the  Board  of  Assessors.  He  is  one  of  the  Direct- 
ors of  the  Athol  Machine  Companv  and  one  of  the 
Trustees  and  Auditors  of  the  Athol  Savings  Bank. 
He  is  a  new  member. 

11.  Richman  H.  Potter.  Republican,  farmer,  of 
Rutland,  a  new  member,  was  born  in  Coleville.  N. 
Y..  July  0,  1839,  received  a  common  school  educa- 
tion, and  has  held  the  office  of  Selectman  in  Rut- 
land. 

12.  Emorv  L.  Bates.  Republican,  of  Sturbridge, 
is  President  "and  Treasurer  of  the  Snell  Manufac- 
turiniiCompanv  of  that  town,  where  he  was  born 
ISIarcli  10.  1823,  receiving  his  education  in  the  lo- 
cal schools.  He  has  been  continually  called  upon 
to  fill  town  oflico  since  l,s.-,<.i.  was  a  member  of 
the  House  in  1804  and  of  the  Senate  in  1870.  serv- 
ing on  the  Committees  on  Puljlic  Lands  and  on  the 
Liquor  Law. 

12.  Horace  W.  Bush.  Republican,  insurance 
agent,  of  West  Brookfield.  was  born  in  Montgom- 
ery, Vermont,  and  was  educated  in  the  conmion 


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schools.  He  is  a  new  member  of  the  Legish\tiue, 
has  been  Town  Constable.  Constable  of  the  Coni- 
mouwealtli.  Ta.\  Collector  and  Town  Clerk,  and 
has  held  the  oflice  of  Trial  Justice. 

13.  Beraj  ih  W.  Bugbee.  Kejinblican.  dry  goods 
merchant,  of  Southbridge.  was  born  in  Thompson, 
Coun.,  in  isi;").  and  received  a  common  school  ed- 
ucation, and  was  Postmaster  of  Globe  Village 
eight  years  prior  to  18«0.    He  is  a  new  member. 

13.  Albert  Tyler.  Eepnblican.  clcrgj-man.  of 
Oxford,  was  formerly  a  printer.  He  was*^  liorn  in 
Smithfield.  K.  1..  November  16,  1823.  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Smitlilield  Academy,  and  has  held  no 
public  oflice  other  than  that  of  Chainnau  of  the 
School  Committee  in  Oxford. 

14.  Butler  Bates.  Democrat,  a  new  member,  is 
a  boot  and  shoe  cutter  and  lives  in  Webster.  He 
was  born  in  Dudley,  Mass..  August  27,  183G,  and 
was  educated  in  the  local  scliools. 

15.  John  Hopkins.  Democrat,  lawyer,  of  Mill- 
bury,  was  born  in  Lemard  Stanley,"  Gliuicester- 
shire,  England,  March  1'.).  1840,  was  educated  in 
Phillips  Academy,.  Andover.  and  the  Scientific 
Dejiartmriit  nf  Dartnidiilb  College.  h;is  held  vari- 
ous town  (itticc^  and  was  m  the  House  last  year, 
serving  as  Hcmse  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
"Woman  Surtragc.  and  also  on  the  Committee  on 
Constitutional  Amendments. 

16.  Samuel  I.  Kice.  Kepublicau,  farmer,  is  a  na- 
tive resident  of  Northboro",  was  born  Sept.  11, 
1821,  and  received  an  academical  education.  He 
has  been  Cliairman  of  the  J5oard  of  Selectmen  and 
School  CoHHiiittee.  and  has  been  Assessor.  This 
is  liis  first  term  in  the  Legislature. 

17.  Joel  Smith.  Keimlilican.  condj  manufacturer, 
of  Leominster,  was  born  in  that  town  Aug.  23. 
1812.  and  was  a  member  of  the  House  last  year, 
serving  on  the  Connnittee  on  Insurance. 

18.  Aaron  G.  Walker,  liepublican.  boot  manu- 
facturer, of  Worcester,  was  born  in  Hopkinton. 
Mass..  Jan.  12.  1815.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
House  in  1868,  '81  and  "82,  and  has  served  on  the 
Connnittees  on  ^Manufacturers  and  on  Prisons, 
being  House  Chairman  of  the  latter  committee  last 
year. 

10.  Forrest  E.  Barker.  Kepublican,  lawyer,  of 
Worcester,  was  born  in  Exeter.  N.  H..  Sejit.  2ti. 
185().  and  pursued  his  studies  in  the  Worcester 
schodls.  AVesleyan  University  and  the  Boston  Uni- 
versity School  of  Law.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Woreester  School  Committee,  aud  a  new  member 
of  the  Legislature. 

20.  Eugene  M.  Moriarty,  Democrat,  of  Worces- 
ter, is  a  newsjyaiier  correspondent  and  was  born  in 
Milltown.  ('(mnty  Kerry.  Ireland.  April  15.  1840. 
He  has  been  a  member" of  the  Worcester  Comtnon 
Council  and  of  tlie  .School  Connnittee.  and  has  been 
in  the  House  three  years,  serving  on  the  Com- 
mittees on  Education,  on  Towns  and  (m  Election 
Laws.    Last  year  he  was  one  of  the  monitors. 

21.  David  F.  O'Connell,  Democrat,  lawyer,  of 
Worcester,  was  born  in  County  Cork,  Ireland, 
Feb.  8.  1856,  received  his  education  in  the 
AVorce.ster  public  schools  and  the  Boston  Univer- 
sity Law  School,  and  was  a  member  of  the  House 
last  year,  serving  on  the  Committee  on  Probate 
and  Chancery. 

22.  James  H.  ilellen.  Democrat,  editor,  o 
Worcester,  was  born  in  that  city  Xov.  7,  1845,  and 
received  a  common  school  ed"ueation.  He  was  a. 
member  of  the  House  in  1877.  '78.  '70  and  '81, 
and  has  been  Chairman  of  the  Connnittee  (m  Labor 
and  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  the  State 
House. 

23.  George  H.  Ball,  Kepublican.  lawyer,  of 
Worcester,  a  new  nuMuber,  was  born  in  ^lilford, 
Mass.,  Sept.  17.  1848.  was  graduated  at  Harvard 
University  in  1869  and  at  the  Harvard  Univer- 
sity Law  School  in  1871.  and  has  held  the  office  of 
Assistant  District  Attorney  for  the  Middle  Dis- 
trict. 

24.  George  E.  Batchelder,  Republican,  leather 
cutter  and  foreman,  of  Worcester,  was  born  in 
Middleton,  Mass.,  February  16, 1836,  received  his 


education  at  Tm  sfield  and  Lynn,  and  beccnies  a 
mendier  of  the  Legislature  for  tlie  first  time,  liav- 
ihg  been  two  years  a  member  of  the  Worcester 
Common  Council. 

25.  Burton  W.  Potter.  Republican,  lawyer,  of 
Worcester,  was  born  in  Coleville,  N.  Y..  Feljruarv 
8.  1843,  aud  received  his  education  in  the  Law- 
rence Academy,  Groton,  Williams  College  and  the 
Harvard  University  Law  School.  During  the  war 
of  the  Rebellion  he  served  as  Sergeant  in  the 
Union  army.  A  member  of  the  House  in  1871. 
he  served  on  the  Committee  on  Probate  and 
Chancery. 

Hampshire  County. 

1.  John  F.  Warner.  Democrat,  farmer,  of 
Northampton,  was  born  in  that  town  in  1828. 
studied  in  the  laiblic  schools  and  Williston  Semi- 
nary, has  held  the  offices  of  Selectman.  Assessor 
and  Overseer  of  the  Poor,  and  was  in  the  House  in 
1880.  serving  on  the  Committee  on  Mercantile 
Affairs. 

1.  Charles  N.  Clark,  Repul)lican,  lawyer,  of 
Northamiiton.  is  a  new  member,  was  born  in 
Xiuthami'ton  April  4,  1853,  and  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  town  schools  and  Amherst  College. 

2.  Daniel  W.  Wells,  Democrat,  farmer,  is  a 
native  resident  of  Hatfield,  was  born  A))ril  17. 
1842,  and  received  a  common  school  education. 
During  the  war  he  served  in  the  Fifty-second 
Massachusetts  Regiment.  He  is  a  Direct'or  in  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Hatfield  and  a  Trustee  of 
the  Smith  Academy.  This  is  his  first  term  in  the 
Legislature. 

3.  Dwight  W.  Streeter.  Rejuiblican,  physician 
and  surgeon,  of  Chesterfield,  was  born  in"  North 
Adams.  Mass..  Nov.  17.  1837.  and  studied  in  Wil- 
liamstown  and  in  the  Berkshire  Metlical  College. 
He  is  a  new  meml)er. 

4.  Levi  Stoekliridge.  Republican,  farmer,  of 
Amherst,  was  born  in  Hadley.  Mass..  in  1820.  He 
has  held  all  the  town  offlces."was  a  member  of  the 
House  in  1855,  '67  and  '70,  was  a  Senator  in  1865 
and  'CiCi.  and  has  served  on  a  number  of  important 
committees.  Mr.  Stockbridge  has  been  a  promi- 
nent man  in  his  section  and  in  the  State,  and  has 
been  called  upon  from  time  to  time  to  fill  various 
positions  of  resi)onsibility  and  honor. 

5.  John  Tilley.  ReiPiib'lican.  merchant,  is  a  resi- 
dent of  Graiibv".  his  jilace  of  business  being  in 
Holyiike.  He  was  born  in  Granby  Feb.  13.  1834, 
and  has  been  Selectman  and  Asses"sor,  but  has  not 
been  a  member  of  the  Legislature  before. 

Hampden    County. 

1.  Solomon  F.  Cushman.  Reiiublican.  of  Mon- 
soii.  is  a  manufacturer  of  woolen  goods,  was  born 
in  Monson.  ^Slaine.  November  18.  182<>.  and  je- 
ceived  a  common  school  eihication.  He"  has  held 
the  offices  of  Selectman.  Bank  Director.  Trustee  of 
Public  Library,  Trustee  of  Savings  Bank,  etc..  and 
was  in  the  House  in  1881,  serving  <m  the  Labor 
Committee. 

2.  Warren  D.  Fuller.  Republican,  farmer,  a  new 
member,  lives  in  Ludlow,  where  he  was  born  in 
1834.  He  received  bis  etUication  in  the  Wesleyan 
Academy  at  WilVuabam. 

3.  In  this  district  a  vacancy  exists  owing  to  a 
tie  in  the  votes  cast  for  Jolin  ]{.  Woods.  Republi- 
can, and  Ansel  F.  Wilder,  Democrat. Mr.  Woods 

is  a  resident  of  Chicopee,  has  been  Tax  Collector 
there  a  number  of-  years  and  is  President  of  the 
Chicoi)ee  Savings  Bank.  He  was  born  in  Nortli- 
amjiton,  Mass..  August  5.  1820.  and  has  had  no 
legislative  experience. Mr.  Wilder  lives  in  Chico- 
pee Falls,  and  is  a  hotel  keeiier.  He  was  born  in 
Leverett.  Mass..  August  27,  1832.  Like  liis  coni- 
])etitor  for  tlie  seat  he  lias  had  no  experience  in 
the  Legislature. 

4.  .John  Olmsted.  Reimblican.  of  Springfield,  is 
a  mannfacturer  of  machinery  waste  and  President 
of  the  Springfield  Street  Railway  Company.  He  is 
a  new  member,  was  born  in  Enfield,  Conn..  June 
1,  1820.  was  educated  in  Westfield  and  Wilbra- 
ham  Academies,  and  has  been  a  member  of  both 
branches  of  the  Springfield  City  Council. 


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4.  Theodore  D.  Beach,  Democrat,  of  Spring- 
field. IS  a  real  estate  auctioneer,  was  horn  in  Sand- 
isfieid.  Mass.,  in  April.  1821.  and  was  a  nieniher 
of  tlie  House  m  1875. '77  and '82.  serving  on  the 
Conunittees  on  Printing,  on  Elections,  on  Finance 
and  on  Kx]  endituies. 

5.  John  B.  Stebhms,  Kepublican,  merchant,  of 
Springfield,  was  born  in  tnat  city  Noveniher  9, 
1817,  was  educated  in  the  public  scliools  and  is  a 
new  member.  He  has  been  on  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men and  HclK.ol  Committee  and  is  a  Director  in  va- 
rious cor). oral  ions. 

U.  Charles  S.  Xewell,  Republican,  farmer,  of 
Longmeadow,  was  born  in  Springfield.  Mass.,  Oc- 
tober 7,  1832.  and  was  educated  in  public  and  pri- 
vate schools.  He  has  held  the  offices  of  Selectman, 
Assessor  and  Overseer  of  the  Boor  in  Lonjiinead- 
ow  seventeen  consecutive  years,  and  enteis  the 
Legishiture  !<  r  a  fiist  term. 

7.  Charles  Fuller.  Democrat,  manufacturer,  of 
Springfield,  a  new  member,  was  born  in  Monson, 
Mass.,  April  ly.  ISio,  and  was  educated  in  the 
local  acadeiiiy. 

8.  A  vacancy  exists  in  this  district,  owing  to  the 
death,  on  December  17.  of  Mr.  Jeremiah  J.  Don- 
oghue  of  Holyi.ke.  liejirfseiitiitive-elect. 

9.  Allen  li;!.gii.bouom.  liepuhlican,  real  estate 
agent,  of  HoiyoKe,  was  born  in  England  January 
15,  182C,  anu  received  a  common  school  eihication. 
He  came  to  America  in  1842.  was  a  ISelectnian  in 
Holyoke  while  llie  place  was  a  town,  has  held  the 
office  of  Tax  Collector,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Begislature  in  1874.  set  ving  on  the  Committee  on 
Koads  and  Bridges. 

10.  William  H.  Whitney,  Kepul^lican,  furniture 
dealer  and  undertaker,  of  Westfield.  is  a  new  mem- 
ber.   He  was  born  in  Westfield  July  9,  1840. 

10.  Edwin  Leonard,  2d.  Democrat,  carpenter, 
of  Agawam.  was  born  in  West  Springfield  Novem- 
he  IG,  1822.  and  received  a  coimnon  school  educa- 
tion. He  served  three  years  in  the  Union  army 
during  the  war  of  the  Kebellion,  has  held  the  ofti- 
ces  ot  Selectman  and  Assessor,  and  has  also  been 
a  police  officer. 

11.  diaries  H.  Knox.  Democrat,  lumberman,  is 
a  native  resident  of  Cliester,  was  born  April  6, 
1847.  and  was  educated  in  Williston  Seminary, 
Eastliami  ton.  and  the  Wesleyan  Academy,  Wil- 
braliam.  He  has  been  Chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Selectmen  and  Overseers  of  the  Poor,  and  is  a  new 
member  of  the  Legislature. 

Franklin  Count3'>  i 

1.  Charles  A.  Towne.  Republican,  grocer,  of 
Orange,  a  new  member,  was  born  in  Dana,  Mass., 
October  3.  1843. 

2.  Franklin  L  Webster,  Democrat,  of  Montague, 
is  a  harilware.  iron  and  coal  merchant,  was  born 
in  New  Lebanon,  X.  Y..  Jsovemher  2(3,  1852,  and 
studied  in  tlie  Fort  Edward  Institute.  He  is  a  new 
member. 

3.  John  A.  Aiken,  Independent,  lawyer,  of 
Greenfield,  is  a  native  of  that  town,  was  boiii  Sep- 
tember 10,  1850.  studied  in  Phillips  Academy.  An- 
dover,  and  Dartmouth  College,  and  enters  the  Leg- 
islature for  a  first  term. 

4.  A  vacancy  exists  in  this  district  owing  to  a 
tie  in  the  votes  cast  for  Win-  W.  Foster.  Republi- 
can, and  Silas  W.  D.  Allis,  Democrat. Mr.  Foster 

is  a  resident  of  South  Deerfield  and  is  Snierin- 
tendent  of  the  Charles  Arms  Manufacturing 
Comjiany.  He  was  bOrn  in  Springfield.  Mass., 
September  18,  1845,  studied  in  the  Monson  Acad- 
emy, and  served  in  the  Unioir  army  during  the 
war  of  the  Relielllou.  He  has  never  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Lcgishiture.- — Mr.  Allis  is  a  farmer  and 
lives  in  Whately.  where  he  was  born  December  28, 
1829.  He  has  Held  no  other  public  office  than  that 
of  Selectman. 

5.  John  D.  Miller.  Republican,  farmer,  is  a  na- 
tive resident  of  Colrain,  was  born  January  22, 
1842.  has  held  various  local  offices,  and  enters  the 
Legislatuie  for  a  first  term. 

6.  Henry  L.  War  field,  Republican,  farmer,  of 
Buckland,  a  new  member,  was   born    in    Heatli. 


Mass.,  September  11,  1835,  receiving  his  educa- 
tion in  the  district  schools  and  Shelburne  Falls 
Academy.  He  has  held  t(.wn  offices  in  Heath  and 
Buckland,  and  was  a  district  school  teacher  a 
irumber  of  years. 

Berkshire  County. 

1.  Charles  D.  Belden,  Republican,  of  Williams- 
town,  is  a  banker,  manufacturer  and  farmer,  was 
liorn  in  Boonton.  N.  J.,  P~ebruary  10,  1845,  and 
was  graduated  at  Williams  College'  and  the  New 
York  Medical  College.  A  memlier  of  the  House 
last  year,  he  served  on  the  Committees  on  Finance 
and  on  Expenditures. 

2.  Nelson  H.  Bixby,  Republican,  lawyer,  of 
Adams,  was  born  at  Halifax,  Vermont,  Sepiemler 
27.  1840,  studied  in  the  Powers  Institute  at  Ber- 
nardston.  Mats.,  and  was  graduated  at  the  Albany 
Law  School  in  1867.  He  lias  been  Cliairman  of 
the  Board  of  Selectmen  and  a  member  of  the 
School  Committee  in  Adams,  and  was  in  the  House 
in  1881,  serving  on  the  Committee  on  Claims. 

2.  Henry  O.  B.  Fisher,  RejAiblican,  of  North 
Adams,  is  President  of  the  North  Adams  Manu- 
facturing Company,  was  born  in  Boston,  auu  is  a 
new  member. 

3.  Jacob  Gimlich,  Democrat,  brewer,  of  Pitts- 
field,  a  new  member,  was  born  m  Bavaria,  Ger- 
many, October  4,  1845,  and  received  his  educa- 
tion in  Albany,  N.  Y'. 

3.  John  S.  Barton,  Democrat,  farmer  and 
butcher,  of  Dalton,  was  born  in  West  Hampton, 
Mass.,  April  25,  1823,  and  was  educated  in  Stock- 
bridge,  Mass.    He  is  a  new  member. 

4.  Heman  L.  Allen,  DeiiKJcrat,  of  Windsor,  is 
engaged  in  lumbering,  was  born  in  Windsor  July 
21,  1833.  received  )iis  education  in  the  local 
schools,  and  enters  the  Legislature  for  a  first  term. 
He  has  held  the  office  of  Selectman. 

5.  Pliny  M.  Shaylor.  Republican,  farmer,  Of 
Lee,  is  a  new  memlier.  was  born  in  Lee  May  23, 

1830,  and  was  educated  in  the  local  academy.  He 
is  a  Selectman  of  the  town. 

6.  George  E.  Kniffln,  Democrat,  clerk,  of  West 
Stockbridge,  was  born  in  that  town  Seiiteniber  20, 
1800,  and  was  educated  in  the  Greyiock  Institute, 
South  Williamstown.    He  is  a  new 'member. 

7.  Herbert  C.  Joyner,  Democrat,  lawyer,  of 
Great  Barrington,  was  born  in  New  Harliord,  N. 
Y.,  July  12.  1838,  and  was  a  member  of  the  House 
in  1869  and  1870,  serving  on  the  Committee  on 
Probate  and  Chancery. 

8.  Ge(uge  Kellogg.  Reiiublican,  farmer,  is  a 
native  resident  of  ShefficiO.  was  born  February  4, 

1831,  stuilied  in  the  academy  at  Great  Barring- 
ton,  has  held  various  town  offices  and  enters  the 
Legislature  for  a  first  term. 

Xorfolk    County. 

1.  Charles  A.  .Mackintosh,  Democrat,  lawyer, 
of  Dedham,  a  new  member,  was  born  in  West  Kox- 
bury  August  25,  1853.  and  was  graduated  at  Har- 
vard University  in  1874. 

2.  Rufus  G.  F.  Candage.  Republican,  of  Brook- 
line,  is  ^Marine  Inspector  for  the  Boston  Board  of 
Underwriters,  is  a  native  of  Bluehill.  Maine,  and 
was  liorii  July  28,  1826.  He  was  formerly  a  sliip- 
master.  has  held  town  offices  in  Brookllne  and  was 
a  member  of  the  House  last  year,  serving  on  the 
Commiltee  on  Harbors  and  Public  Lands. 

3.  Hobart  M.  Cable.  Republican,  ot  Hyde  Park, 
is  a  bookseller,  was  born  in  Walton.  N.  Y.,  March 
3,  1.S42.  and  has  been  School  Commissioner  for 
Delaware  county  in  that  State.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  House  iii  1880,  '81  and  '82,  has  been  Chair- 
man on  the  Committee  on  Bills  in  the  Third  Read- 
ing and  has  served  on  the  Committees  on  En- 
grossed Bills  and  on  Railroads. 

4.  Henry  B.  Martin,  Democrat,  is  a  dealer  in 
gentlemen's  furnishing  goods,  and  lives  in  Milton, 
where  he  was  born  March  19,  1835.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Dorchester  Grammar  School  and 
Milton  Academy,  has  been  Town  Clerk  of  :SIilton 
and  Secretary  of  the  School  Committee  some  years, 
and  enters  the  Legislature  for  a  first  term. 


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5.  George  'A.  Barker.  Republican.!  pranite 
dealer,  a  new  member,  is  a  native  resident  of 
Quincy.  was  born  Oetober  18.  1840,  and  was  a 
Lieutenant  in  the  Tliirty-ninth  Massachusetts 
Regiment  during;  the  war  of  the  Rebellion. 

5.  William  G.  A.  Pattee,  Democrat,  lawyer, 
lives  in  Qniiicy,  wliere  he  was  born  August  28. 
18.^4.  He  wis"  educated  in  Chauncy  Hall  School 
and  Harv:  id  L'niversity.  and  is  a  new  legislator. 

5.  Willi  m  N.  Eaton,  Democrat,  ice  dealer,  is  a 
new  member,  and  lives  in  Quincy.  where  he  was 
born  December  29.  1845.  He  has  held  the  office 
(.f  Selectman  several  years. 

6.  Alva  S.  Morrison.  Democrat,  of  Braintree.  a 
new  meml)er.  is  a  manufacturer  of  woolen  yarn 
and  gt'iitleinen's  underwear.  He  was  born  in 
Braiiitrie,  and  studied  in  the  local  schools  and  the 
New  Hamipshire  Conference  Seminary. 

7.  George  E.  Cr.iig.  Democrat,  accountant,  of 
Walpole,  was  born  in  Bellingham,  Mass..  Aug.  30, 
1833,  and  attended  Day's  Academy  in  Wrentliam. 
He  served  in  the  Union  army  during  the  war  of  the 
Rebellion  as  a  commissioned  officer,  being  mus- 
tered out  in  August.  1864.  A  member  of  the 
House  last  year,  he  served  on  the  Committees  on 
Claims  and 'on  Klection  Laws. 

7.  Bushrod  Morse.  Democrat,  of  Sharon,  was 
born  in  Boston.  Aug.  24,  1832,  was  graduated  at 
Amherst  College,  has  been  a  member  of  the  School 
Committee  in  Sharon,  and  was  in  the  House  in 
1870,  serving  on  the  Committee  on  Insurance. 

8.  Sabin  Hubl)ard,  Republican,  builder  and  con- 
tractor, of  Franklin,  was  born  in  that  town  June 
20.  1823.  was  educated  in  the  local  schools,  has 
been  Overseer  of  the  Poor,  and  has  been  Clerk  of 
the  South  Frank'in  Congregational  Parish  twenty- 
one  years.  He  enters  the  Legislature  for  a  first 
term. 

8.  Fred  H.  Williams,  Republican,  lawj'er.  of 
Foxboro",  a  new  member,  was  born  in  the  town 
wnere  he  now  lives  Jan.  7,  1857,  studied  in  the 
local  schools  and  Brown  University,  class  of  1877. 
and  studied  law  with  Hon.  W.  H,  Fox  of  Taunton 
and  in  the  Boston  University  Law  School. 

9.  Lvman  K.  Putnev.  Republican,  farmer,  of 
WellesJey,  was  born  in  Troy,  N,  H..  Aug.  2,  1833, 
received  *a  common  school  education,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Boards  of  Selectmen  and  Assessors  in 
Needham,  and  is  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Select- 
men in  Wellesley.  He  was  a  member  of  tlie  House 
in  1880  and  served  on  the  Committee  on  Claims. 

Bristol  County. 
1.  John  Whitehill,  Republican,  is  pastor  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  in  Attleboro',  was 
born  in  Paisley,  Scotland,  August  11,  1833,  was 
graduated  at  Amherst  College  in  1858  and  at  the 
Andover  Theological  Seminary  in  1861,  has  been 
Chairman  of  the  Attleboro"  School  Committee, 
and  was  in  the  House  last  year,  serving  on  the 
Committees  on  the  Library  and  on  Parishes  and 
Religious  Societies. 

1.  William  A.  Copeland.  Republican,  lawyer,  of 
Mansfield,  was  born  in  that  town  October  23, 
1855.  was  graduated  at  Amherst  College  in  1877 
and  at  the  Boston  Uuiversitv  Law  School  in  1880, 
and  has  lieen  a  member  of  tlie  School  Committee. 
This  is  liis  first  term  in  the  Legislature. 

2.  George  A.  Lackey.  Republican,  sole  leather 
cutter,  of  Easton.  was  "born  in  Westboro'.  Mass., 
May  22.  1838,  was  a  Sergeant  in  Company  D. 
Fifty-eighth  Massachusetts  Regiment,  during  the 
war"  of  the  Rebellion,  and  enters  the  Legislature 
for  a  first  term. 

3.  Francis  S.  Babbitt.  Republican,  manufac- 
turer of  machinery,  lives  in  Taunton,  where  he 
was  born  Decembe"r  22.  1843.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  House  last  year,  and  served  on  the  Commit- 
tee on  Street  R^iilways. 

3.  Charles  T.  Bainard.  Republican,  merchant 
tailor,  of  Taunton,  was  born  in  Chaiiemont.  Mass.. 
July  7,  1829.  and  studied  in  the  Shelbnrne  Falls 
Academy.  A  member  of  the  House  last  year,  he 
served  on  the  Committee  on  Insurance. 

3.    Herbert   L.  Peck,   Independent,  boot    and 


shoe  dealer,  of  Taunton,  is  a  new  member,  was 
born  in  Taunton  January  21,  1S5().  and  was  edn 
cated  m  the  local  schools"  and  the  Bristol  County 
Academy. 

4.  Rufus  A.  Dunham.  Republican,  livery  stable 
keeper,  of  Fairhaven.  was  norn  in  Matta"i)oisetI. 
Mass.,  September  30.  1819.  was  ediicatecl  in  the 
public  scliools  and  was  a  member  of  tlie  House 
last  year,  serving  on  the  Committee  on  the  Fish- 
eries. 

5.  Orlando  G.  Robinson,  Republican  master 
mariner,  of  New  Bedford,  wasnorn  in  Tisbury. 
iSIass.,  December  12, 1826,  has  been  a  member  of 
the  New  Bedford  Common  (^ouncil  and  was  in  the 
House  last  year,  serving  on  the  Committee  on  Har- 
bors and  Public  Lands. 

5.  William  A.  Searell.  Republican,  is  proprietor 
of  a  hotel  and  restaurant  in  Cottage  City  and  Su- 

Serintendent  of  the  Masonic  Building  in  New 
edford,  where  he  lives.  He  was  born  in  New 
Bedford  April  29.  1836.  was  educated  in  the  local 
schools,  and  has  held  no  other  public  iiosition  than 
that  of  ward  officer. 

6.  William  Gordon.  Jr..  Republican,  commission 
merchant,  of  New  Bedford,  is  a  native  of  that  city, 
was  born  December  16.  1825.  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  local  schools  and  tlie  Pliilli)  s  Academy. 
Andover,  and  enters  the  Legislature  for  a  first 
term. 

6.  James  R.  Denham.  Republican,  letter  car- 
rier, of  New  Bedford,  was  b(nn  in  Rochester. 
Mass..  in  1817,  has  held  the  offices  of  Assessor 
and  Common  Councilman  in  New  Bedford,  and 
was  in  the  House  last  year,  serving  on  the  Com- 
mittee Oil  Mercantile  Affairs. 

7.  .John  W.  Gilford.  Reimblican.  farmer  and 
agent  for  agricultural  inii)lements.  is  a  resident  of 
Westport.  where  he  was  born  July  18.  1837.  He 
has  held  various  local  offices  and  was  a  member  of 
the  House  last  year,  serving  on  the  Committee  on 
the  State  House. 

8.  Charles  B.  Martin,  Democrat,  cotton  spinner, 
of  Fall  River,  is  a  native  of  that  city,  was  born 
February  17,  1854,  and  is  a  new  legislator. 

8.  Timothv  D.  Stow.  Democrat.  i)livsician  and 
surgeon,  of  fall  River,  was  born  in  klbridfre.  N. 
Y.,  September  16,  1829.  receiveil  an  academic  ed- 
ucation and  served  as  a  Captain  in  the  Eiglitv-first 
New  York  Regiment  during  the  war  of  the  Rebel- 
lion.   He  is  a  new  member  of  the  Legislature. 

8.  Patrick  E.  Foley.  Democrat,  glazier,  of  Fall 
River,  a  new  member,  was  born  in  Bear  Haven, 
Cork.  Ireland.  March  11.  1847.  and  was  educated 
in  the  Fall  River  schools.  He  has  been  a  member 
of  both  branches  of  the  Fall  River  City  Council. 

9.  James  F.  Davenport.  Rcublican,  of  Fall 
River,  was  born  In  Belleville.  N.  J..  March  4. 1832. 
has  been  a  member  of  Iwtli  branches  of  the  F.ill 
River  Citv  Council,  was  Mayor  of  the  citv  from 
1874  to  1^77,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the'House 
the  past  three  years,  serving  on  tie  rommittees  on 
Finance,  on  Exiienditures  and  on  Cities. 

9.  Job  M.  Leonard.  Republic  »n.  merchant  and 
iron  manufacturer,  of  Somerset,  wis  born  in  Taun- 
ton. Mass..  Seiitember  1.  1824.  received  a  common 
school  education  and  was  a  member  of  the  House 
in  1865.  '68.  '81  and  '82.  serving  on  the  Committee 
on  Manufactures  and  various  specnl  committees. 

10.  James  H.  Mason.  Republican,  carri  'ge 
maker,  of  Swanzev.  was  born  in  that  town  in  Au- 
gust. 1817.  He  has  been  seventeen  years  on  the 
Boards  of  Selectmen.  Assessors  and  Overseers  of 
the  Pcor,  and  bee  imes  a  member  of  the  Legisla- 
ture for  tlie  first  time. 

Plymouth  County. 
1.  Joseph  Jacobs.  .Jr.,  Republican,  manufacturer 
of  edge  tools,  is  a  native  resident  of  H  Ingham,  was 
boin  Deceinlier  8.  1828.  is  President  of  the  Hing- 
ham  National  Bank,  has  been  a  member  of  the 
local  School  Committee,  was  manv  years  a  Trustee 
of  tl  e  H'ngham  Savings  Bank."  and  has  been  a 
member  of  the  House  two  years,  serving  on  the 
Committees  on  Banks  and  Banking  and  on  Woman 
Suffrage. 


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2.  Louis  T.  Cusliing.  Eej  iiMican.  lawyer,  of 
Cohasset.  was  born  in  IJoi-tin  May  31.  1849,  was 
graduated  at  Harvard  University  in  1870,  and  en- 
ters the  Legislature  for  a  first  teim. 

3.  George  F.  Stetsmi.  liepublican.  shoemaker, 
is  a  native  resident  of  Hanson,  was  born  April  11, 
1833.  and  was  ediieated  in  the  loeal  seliools.  He 
was  Assistant  United  States  Assessor  for  the  Sec- 
ond Massachuseits  District  six  years,  has  been  a 
member  of  tlie  >Scl;ool  Committed,  and  was  in  the 
House  in  18(;i,  "62  and  '79,  serving  on  the  Com- 
mittees on  f^ngrossed  Bills,  on  Kedistricting  the 
State  and  on  the  Liquor  Law. 

4.  Fred  M.  Harrul,  Kepubliean.  tack  manufac- 
turer, of  riymi^ton,  is  a  new  mendier.  was  born  in 
Plymjiton  July  2.  1848,  was  educated  in  the  local 
schools,  and  has  held  several  town  offices. 

5.  Charles  H.  Howland.  Keiiulilican,  house 
painter,  of  Plymouth,  was  born  in  tliat  town  Sep- 
tember 15.  1820.  and  was  educated  in  the  local 
schools.  During  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  he 
served  as  First  Lieutenant  and  Kegimental  Quar- 
termaster in  the  Thirty-fourth  Massachusetts  Keg- 
iment.  He  was  employed  in  taking  the  United 
States  census  in  1870  and  1880,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  tlie  House  in  1800,  '79  and '80.  serving  on 
the  Committees  <ni  the  Fisheries,  on  State  Valua- 
tion and  on  Labor. 

0.  Isaac  F.  B.  Perry.  Eepublican,  fanner,  of 
Rocliester.  is  a  new  meniber,  and  was  born  in  that 
town  January  <5,  183,">. 

7.  Spragne  S.  Stetson.  Republican,  farmer,  of 
Lakeville.  was  born  in  New  Bedford  February  12, 
1841.  and  was  educated  in  the  Peirce  Academy, 
Middleboro'.    He  is  a  new  member. 

8.  Charles  ^L  Reed.  Democrat,  merchant  and 
manufacturer,  of  Bridgewater,  was  formerly  en- 
gaged in  tlie  dry  goods  business.  He  was  born  in 
Lexington.  Mass..  Seiitcnilier  12,  1819,  and  was 
educated  in  the  local  academy.  This  is  his  first 
term  in  the  Legislature. 

9.,  Charles  W.  Howland,  Republican,  civil  engi- 
neer, of  Rockland,  was  born  in  Hanson.  Mass., 
Deceml)er  o.  18:'.8.  attended  tlie  jniblic  scliools  in 
Abington  and  the  Ciitting  Academy  in  Arlington, 
served  in  tlie  Fourth  Massachusetts  Regiment  dur- 
ing the  war  of  the  Rel)ellion,  and  has  held 
various  town  oflRces.  In  1881  he  was  a  member  of 
the  House,  and  was  on  the  Conunittee  on  Roads 
and  Bridges. 

10.  Enos  H.  Reynolds.  Democrat.'boot  and  shoe 
manufacturer,  of  'Brockton,  was  born  in  North 
Bridgewater,  ALiss..  in  1834.  and  was  educated  in 
the  local  scliools.    He  is  a  new  member. 

10.  William  L.  Douglas,  Democrat,  boot  and 
shoe  manufacturer,  of  Brockton,  was  born  in 
Plymouth,  Mass..  August  22.  1845,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  local  scliools.  He  has  held  no  otl-.er 
public  position  than  tliat  of  member  of  the  Com- 
mon Council  in  Brockton. 

11.  Andrew  C.  Brigliam,  Independent,  of  South 
Abington.  is  a  foreman  of  tack  and  nail  works, 
was  born  in  the  town  where  lie  now  lives  jNIay  5, 
1837.  and  received  a  common  school  education. 
He  was  a  private  in  the  Fourth  Massachusetts 
Regiment  during  the  war  of  tlie  Reliellion.  lias 
held  the  ofti<'es  of  Selectman  and  Trustee  of  the 
Public  Library,  and  is  a  new  member  of  the  Legis- 
lature. 

Barnstable   Counts'. 

1.  Bradford  B.  Briggs.  Rej  ublican.  master 
mariner,  of  Sandwich.was  born  in  Rochester.  Mass., 
July  G.  1824,  and  was  educated  in  the  Sandwich 


schools.     A  member  of  the  House  last  year,  he 
served  on  the  conmiittfi-  mi  County  Ivstimates. 

2.  Francis  1).  Colib.  Rcpulilican.  of  Barnstable, 
is  not  engaged  in  any  business  at  present.  He 
was  born  in  Boston  in  ls37.  was  at  one  time  a 
United  States  Consul  in  the  Fast  Indies,  and  has 
been  engaged  in  nicrcaiitile  business  in  New  York. 
Last  year  he  was  in  tlie  Hdiise  and  was  a  member 
of  the  Coiiiniittee  on  Baulks  and  Banking. 

3.  David  Fisk.  Rei.nblican,  vessel  agent,  of 
Dennis,  was  born  in  tliat  town  May  G.  1838.  and 
was  educated  in  the  local  schools.  He  has  held 
the  ofQces  of  Selectman.  Assessor.  Overseer  of  the 
Poor  and  Scho(d  Committeeman,  and  was  in  the 
House  last  year,  serving  on  the  Committee  on 
Roads  and  Bridges. 

4.  Clarendon  A.  Fi-eeman,  Republican,  grocer, 
of  Chatham,  was  born  in  that  town  August  28, 
1849.  was  educated  in  the  local  schools,  and  enters 
the  Legislature  for  a  first  term. 

5.  Solomon  Linnell,  2d,  Re]niblican,  manu- 
facturer, is  a  native  resident  of  Orleans,  was 
born  October  1,  1820,  and  studied  in  the  local 
schools.  He  has  been  a  Keeper  and  Insjieetor  of 
Customs,  and  was  in  the  Life  Saving  Service  nine 
years.    Tliis  is  liis  lirst  term  in  tlie  Lei^islature. 

6.  Edwanl  F.  Small.  Rej  nhli<an.  wliolesale  fisli 
dealer,  of  Provincetown.  a  new  meiiiber.  was  born 
in  Provincetown  October  7.  1K4:;.  and  was  edu- 
cated in  tlie  district  and  liigli  scliools.  Mr.  Allen's 
school  in  West  Newton  and  Mount  Hollis  Seminary 
in  HoUiston. 

Oukes  County. 

1.  Tristram  R.  Holley,  Rejinblican.  of  Edgar- 
town,  is  a  towii  officer,  was  born  in  Edgartown 
April  2,  1842.  and  was  educated  in  the  local  high 
seliool.  A  member  of  the  House  last  year,  ne 
served  on  the  Committee  on  F'isheries. 

Xantucket  County. 

1.  Josiah  Freeman,  Republican,  i)hotographer, 
of  Nantucket,  was  born  in  Osterville.  Mass.,  Sep- 
tember 11.  1839.  During  the  war  of  the  Rebellion 
he  served  in  the  Third  Massachusetts  Regiment. 
Last  year  he  w\as  a  niemler  of  the  House,  and 
served  on  the  Committee  on  the  F'isheries. 

KECAP1TX7LATIOX. 

The  House  comes  together  with  three  seats 
vacant,  two  districts  being  unrepresented  on  ac- 
count of  a  tie  in  the  votes  for  the  ojiposing  candi- 
dates, and  one  being  unrepresented  by  reason  of 
tlie  death  of  the  member  elected.  Like  the  Senate 
the  House  is  much  less  strongly  Re). ublican  tlian 
last  year,  when  the  Repubhcans'iiumbered  179  and 
the  Democrats  53, with  5  Indeiiendent  liejaiblicans, 
2  Independents  and  1  Indepemleiit  Democrat.  Of 
the  237  gentlemen  who  take  their  seats  for  the 
present  year  149  are  Republicans,  82  are  Dem- 
ocrats. 4  are  Indeiiendents  and  1  is  a  National. 
Of  last  year's  members  only  02  are  returned. 
Members  who  have  had  previous  experience  in  the 
Legislature  number  31.  including  one  who  has 
been  a  niemlier  of  the  Senate,  but  has  not  been  a 
memlier  of  tlie  House  jireviously.  The  number  of 
members  who  enter  upon  legislative  duties  for  the 
first  time  is  144,  Hon.  John  I.  Baker  of  Beverly 
is  again  the  senior  member,  and.  as  for  several 
Years  past,  will  have  the  honor  of  jiresiding  until  a 
Speaker  is  elected.  The  number  of  business  call- 
ings rei)resented  in  the  membershi])  is  nearly  one 
hundred,  a->  v/ili  be  seen  by  the  following" sum- 
mary : 


18 


Business   CaUhiffS  liepresoited. 


Lawj-ers 36 

Farmers 23 

Jlanufacturers 16 

51erohaiils 11 

Real  Estate  Agents,  etc..  11 

Grocers 8 

Physicians (J 

Boot  and  Shoe  Manufac- 
turers   6 

Cleiks 5 

Builrters  and  Contractors  5 

Clergymen 5 

Editors 3 

Shoeniakeis 3 

Foremen 3 

Xot  engaged  in  business.  S 

Stalile  Keepers 3 

Bank  Presidents 2 

Furr.iture  I>eaiers 2 

Coffee  and  Spice  Mer- 
chants   2 

Retired 2 

CaroeiiterB 2 

Civil  Engineers 2 

Traders 2 

Dealers    in    Furnishing  2 

Goods 2 

Undertakers 2 

Conductors 2 

Insurance  Agents 2 

Lumbermen 2 

blaster  Mariners 2 

Boat  liuilde.-,  marble  tool 
nianutacturer,  'lone- 
shoreman,  keeper  of 
billiard  hall,  liciiior 
dealer,  larness  mak- 
er, manufacturing 
Chemist,  ilesigner  and 
engraver,  truckman, 
.salesman,  morocco  fin- 
isher, machinist  and 
engineer,  w  h  o  1  e  s  a  i  o 


coal  dealer,  Treasurer, 
Trustee,  dealer  in  nauti- 
cal instruments,  cauik- 
er,  srni)  jomer,  dealer 
in  wooden  \vare,  etc., 
iron  founder,  newspa- 
p  e  r  correspondent, 
banKer,  brewer,  marine 
inspector,  bookseller, 
granite  dealer,  ice 
dealer,  accountant,  sole 
leather  cutter,  iner- 
chani  tailor,  boot  and 
shoe  dealer,  hotel  pro- 
Drietor,  commission 
merchant,  letter  ear- 
ner, cotton  spinner, 
plazier.carriage  maker, 
tack  manulacturer, 
house  painter,  vessel 
agent,  wholesale  tish 
(lealer.town  otticir.  last 
manufacturer,  maker 
of  boot  and  shoe  pat- 
terns, lumber  dealer, 
manufactuier  of  snuff, 
engineer,  tea  and  cof- 
lee  merchant,  phar- 
macist, wool  hat  fin- 
isher, wholesale  aealT 
in  beef,  piano  maker, 
cabinet  maker,  produce 
dealer,  wood  and  ivory 
turner.  Town  Treas- 
urer, provision  dealer, 
coal  dealer,  manufac- 
turer of  flavoring  ex- 
tracts, boot  and  shoe 
jobber,  boot  and  shoe 
cutter,  boot  freer  and 
photographer,  one  each  63 

Total 237 


Places  of  Birth. 

Massachusetts 161  New  Jersey 2 

>ew  Hampshire 20  Nova  Scotia 2 

Ireland 18  Scotland 2 

Maine 11  Ohio 1 

New  York 6  Germany 1 

Vermont 4  South  Carolina 1 

Connecticut 3|  

England 31    Total 237 

Khode  Island 2| 


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Manchester  (N.  H.)  Mirror:  It  is  not 
likely  that  the  cut  down  was  necessary  in  order 
to  hold  what  patronage  the  paper  has  thus  far 
enjoyed,  for  its  friends  are  old  friends  and  firm 
ones  who  h:ive  been  satisfied  to  pay  the  old 
prices  and  would  not  change  it  for  another  on 
any  terms.  But  no  live  newspaper  man  in 
these  pronrressive  times  is  content  with  simply 
holdinif  his  old  patrons,  and  every  one  is  con- 
stantly making  bids  lor  new  ones  in  the  shape 
of  enlargeineiits,  iiuproveineiits  and  reductions 
in  subscription  rates,  and  the  rule  is.  the  better 
the  paper  the  lower  the  price.  The  managers 
of  Tlie  Journal  have  made  a  bold  move  in  this 
direction,  so  bold  that  it  would  be  reckless  in 
men  who  controlled  only  a  weak  paper,  but 
they  kiiow  their  business,  have  plenty  of  money, 
and  we  have  no  doubt  reap  a  plentiful  harvest 
from  their  generous  sowing. 

The  Lowell  Daily  Courier:  The  Boston 
Journal  is  par  excellence  the  New  England 
family  daily.     It  has  within   the  last  two  years 


improved  even  on  its  former  almost  unsurpass- 
able excellence,  bj'  various  extensions,  and  as  a 
newspaper,  covering  all  grounds,  and  especially 
that  of  New  England  home  news,  it  now  has  no 
rival.  The  Journal  is  never  ashamed  to  be 
stoutly  Republican  in  its  sentiments,  though  we 
have  sometimes  thought  we  found  it  a  little  too 
lenient  toward  slanderers  and  malignersof  some 
of  the  Republican  leaders.  But  it  is  generally  a 
safe  and  sagacious  guide  in  political  as  well  as 
other  matters,  and  we  heartily  wish  it  the  mer- 
riest sort  of  a  Christmas  and  the  happiest  kind 
of  a  New  Year. 

Philadelphia  Ledger:  A  new  departure 
has  been  made  by  that  time-honored,  sterling 
newspaper,  The  Boston  Journal.  AVithont  de- 
creasing the  size  of  the  paper  or  diminishing  • 
the  quantity  of  its  news  and  reading  matter, 
and  maintaining  its  high  quality,  it  has  reduced 
its  price,  thus  conforming  to  the  order  ot  the 
day  in  giving  the  maximum  in  quantity  and 
quality  for  the  minimum  in  price.  The  Jour- 
nal's prosperity,  which  is  of  substantial  char- 
acter, has  been  well  earned  by  honest  dealing 
with  the  public.  It  is  in  its  fiftieth  volume, 
more  vigorous  than  ever,  and  looking  with 
well-founded  confidence  into  the  far  future, 
when  its  centenary  will  complete  one  golden 
cycle. 

Nashua  Daily  Telegraph:  There  is  no 
morning  paper  in  Boston  that  pays  such  full 
and  reliable  attention  to  New  Hampshire  affairs 
as  The  Journal,  and  we  trust  its  reduction  in 
price  will  lead  to  a  largely  increased  circulation 
in  this  State.  To  great  business  sag.acity  in  its 
management,  The  Journal  adds  a  scrupulous  re- 
gard for  what  is  wholesome  and  manly  in  jour- 
nalism. The  influence  of  a  great  daily  newspa- 
per is  far-reaching,  especially  upon  society  and 
in  the  home,  and  the  reading  public  owe  it  to 
themselves  to  discriminate  in  favor  of  a  news- 
paper of  the  abounding  enterpri.se  and  high 
character  of  The  Journal. 

The  Saturday  Evening  Gazette:  That 
excellent  pajier,  The  Bostoi:  Journal,  begins  its 
fiftieth  volume  with  the  New  Year.  And  Col. 
Clapp,  its  sagarious  manager,  has  seen  fit  to 
reduce  its  price  to  two  cents  a  copy,  for  which 
he  gives  3()  columns  of  matter  every  day  that 
intelligent  Boston  men  and  women  can  ill  do 
without.  The  Boston  Journal  is  a  credit  to  our 
journalism.  Its  tone  is  high,  its  conduct  is 
able,  its  news  is  fresh,  its  telegraphic  dispatches 
are  admirable  as  well  as  strictly  reliable.  For 
ourselves,  we  never  think  that  day  well  begun 
when  we  fail  to  see  The  IMorning  Journal. 

Burlington  Free  Press:  The  Journal  is  a 
most  excellent  and  trustworthy  paper  and  amply 
deserves  the  prosperity  these  figures  indicate. 
To  New  England  it  is  absolutely  indispensable, 
so  full  and  complete  is  its  summary  of  news 
from  the  six  States  which  it  takes  for  its  es- 
pecial province;  and  there  are  few  papers  read 
with  more  interest  by  the  general  public.  It 
will  soon  enter  upon  its  fiftieth  year,  but  so  far 
from  showing  signs  of  age  it  is  renewing  its 
youth,  and  is,  indeed,  a  better  paper  now  than 
ever  before.  We  wish  it  many  long  years  of 
undiminished  prosperity. 


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PiTTSFiELD  Evening  Journal:  The  Boston 
Journal,  one  of  the  larijest  and  best  papers  in 
the  New  England  metropolis,  and  regarded  as 
the  leading  Republican  organ,  has  reduced  its 
price  to  two  cents.  Ten  years  ago  its  price 
was  reduced  from  four  to  three  cents,  and  now 
this  later  reduction  is  made  to  meet  the  popular 
demand,  as  the  readers  of  newspapers  to-day 
fully  vinder.'tand  that  a  racy,  readable,  newsy 
paper  will  make  more  money  at  a  price  of  one 
or  two  cents  than  a  more  dead  than  alive  paper 
at  five  cents. 

Boston  C'ourier:  The  reduction  in  the  price 
of  The  Boston  Journal,  to  meet  the  popular  de- 
mand for  a  two-cent  family  paper  which  shall 
be  free  from  sensationalism,  has  given  great 
satisfaction,  and  the  increase  in  its  circulation 
during  the  past  week  has  shown  the  wisdom  of 
the  movement.  The  Journal  is  a  clean  paper, 
and  there  is  never  anything  in  its  columns  that 
can  offend  good  taste  or  corrupt  the  morals  of 
the  young;  at  the  same  time  it  is  fully  abreast 
of  the  times  in  everything  that  pertains  to  tirst- 
class  journalism. 

Lowell  Mail.  i.\.^  Jcaraal  Ic  a.  weil-man- 
aged,  enterprising  sheet — straightforward,  can- 
did, spicy  and  reliable.  It  will  soon  enter  upon 
its  fiftieth  volume,  and  at  no  period  in  its  ex- 
istence has  it  to  a  larger  extent  been  patronized 
than  now;  and  it  is  no  idle  compliment  to  say 
it  has  fairly  earned  its  enviable  reputation.  Tiie 
reduction  of  the  terms  at  which  it  is  published 
will  unquestionably  have  the  effect  to  furtlier 
very  greatly  enlarge  its  circulation,  and  it  will 
certainly  maintain  its  rank  as  a  leading  news- 
paper of  New  England. 

SoMERviLLE  JOURNAL:  The  Bostou  Journal, 
one  of  the  very  best  among  the  prominent  jour- 
nals of  the  day — has  been  reduced  to  two  cents  a 
col5j%  witli  no  diminution  in  quality  or  class  of 
matter.  This  step  was  taken  not  because  our 
neighbor  is  losing  the  ground  it  has  long  held  so 
handsomely,  or  because  it  desired  to  rival  any 
other  contemporary;  but  for  the  reason  that  the 
managers  are  resolved  that  every  one  shall  take 
it  and  do  so  at  the  lowest  possible  erice  consist- 
ent with  its  own  protection. 

Boston  Daily  Advertiser:  The  Journal 
astonished  and  pleased  its  patrons  yesterday 
morning  by  a  reduction  of  its  price  to  two  cents. 
Such  an  act  on  the  part  of  a  newspaper  so  pros- 
perous as  The  Journal  is.  is  rare;' but  it  was  a 
wise  step,  if  the  purpose  of  the  managers  is  to 
bring  the  paper  into  more  effective  competition 
with  its  two-cent  contemporaries.  The  Journal 
is  an  old  and  a  good  newspaper,  and  we  wish  it 
success  in  its  new  departure. 

Boston  Times  :  The  Boston  Journal  has 
reduced  its  price  to  two  cents  a  copy,  or 
$6  a  year.  The  effect  is  already  noticeable  in  a 
considerable  increase  of  sales,  but  we  judge  the 
main  increase  will  be  in  subscriptions  in  the 
country,  where  The  Journal  has  long  been  pop- 
ular, but  where  Si)  a  year  has  been  felt  to  be  so 
high  a  price  that  many  were  deterred  from 
taking  it.  The  Jonrnal  is  a  candid,  consistent, 
able  and  enterprising  paper. 


Worcester  West  Chronicle:  As  a  three- 
cent  paper  it  was  eagerly  sought  after  and  had 
an  extra  large  circulation,  and  now  with  its  re- 
duction it  muFt  largely  increase  the  number  of 
its  subscribers.  The  proijrietoi-s  avail  them- 
selves of  every  facility  to  obtain  the  latest  news 
by  telegraph  and  otherwise,  and  in  nearly  every 
town,  village  and  hamlet  have  a  special  cor- 
respondent, in  addition  to  being  connected  with 
the  Associated  Press. 

Somerset  (Me.)  Reporter:  The  Journal  is  a 
large  paper  tor  two  cents — the  largest  and  full- 
est and  best  in  the  country  for  that  price.  It 
remains  to  be  seen  if  the  scheme  will  be  success- 
ful. We  believe  it  will.  Its  change  will  double 
its  circulation  in  Maine  during  the  next  year. 
Think  of  it;  a  large  daily  pajier  for  $6  a  year — 
a  wliole  volume  of  information  and  news  for 
only  twelve  cents  a  week! 

The  Commercial  Bulletin:  The  Journal 
has  a  very  large  clientage  among  the  reading 
public  which  this  reduction  in  sales  is  likely  to 
largely  increase,  while  its  excellence  as  a  clean, 
enterprisimj  and  well-conducted  and  thorough- 
going newspaper  will  be  maintained  as  here- 
tofore and  keep  it  in  the  front  rank  of  the 
American  jjress. 

New  London  (Conn.)  Day:  The  Boston  Jour- 
nal has  been  prosperous  as  a  three-cent  pajjer,  but 
it  will  be  more  prosperous  than  ever  now  that  it 
has  recognized  the  popular  demand  for  cheap 
newspapers  and  reduced  its  price  to  two  cents. 
It  is  safe  to  predict  an  increase  of  fifty  per  cent, 
in  the  circulation  of  The  Journal  during  the 
coming  year. 

Brockton  Evening  Gazette:  This  brings  it 
in  direct  competition  with  the  low-priced 
dailies,  and  with  its  well-known  specialties  it 
will,  at  the  new  price,  have  a  largely  extended 
sphere,  and  being  the  best  exponent  of  pure  Re- 
publicanism, its  circulation  here  is  sure  to  be 
largely  augmented. 

The  Canaan  Reporter  :  Always  progres- 
sive, wide-awake  and  lively,  this  new  depar- 
ture will  add  to  the  high  favor  with  which  the 
paper  has  heretofore  been  received,  and  bring 
it  to  the  notice  of  thousands  of  new  readers. 

Westboro'  Chronotype:  The  Journal,  like 
old  wine,  yrows  better  from  age,  and  at  2  cents 
per  copy  it  is  the  cheapest  paper  in  Boston,  con- 
sidering the  quantity,  quality  and  reliability  of 
its  contents. 

Dover  Daily  Republican:  The  Journal  is 
one  of  the  most  reliable  papers  in  the  country, 
is  standi  Republican  in  politicks,  and  we  hope  it 
will  make  as  grand  a  success  in  its  new  venture 
as  it  did  in  the  old. 

Haverhill  Gazette:  It  deserves  well  at  the 
hands  of  the  people  in  the  broad  Held  which  it 
occupies.  There  is  nothing  cheap  about  The 
Journal  except  its  price. 

Newport  Daily  News  :  The  Journal  is  one 
of  our  sterling  newspapers,  and  we  wish  it  con- 
tinued prosperity  as  it  enters  upon  the  last  year 
of  a  half  century  of  existence. 


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St.  Juhnsbury  Caledonian:  It  is  a  woiirler 
how  so  complete  aud  valuable  a  paper  can  be 
afforded  so  cheaply;  but  the  public  can  stand  it 
if  the  publishers  can. 

Lewistox  (Me.)  Journal  :  One  of  the  very 
best  newspapers  in  New  England,  or  for  tliat 
matter  in  the  country,  is  The  Boston  Journal — 
always  reliable,  never  dull,  aud  always  newsy. 

Stoneham  News  :  We  predict  that  it  will 
be  a  profitable  drop  for  that  widely  popular 
family  paper,  and  be  the  means  of  doubling  its 
circulation  and  usefulness. 

New  Bedford  Mercury:  The  Journal  ranks 
with  the  best  of  New  Engla.nd  papers,  aud  its 
prosperity  is  not  to  be  wondered  at. 
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St.  Albans  Messenger:  It  is  a  better  paper 
than  ever  before,  giving  more  news  from  the 
New  England  States  than  any  other  Boston  daily. 

Waltham  Daily  Tribune:  It  is  the  best 
general  newspaper  published  in  Boston. 

Boston  Commonwealth:  Without  a  superior 
as  a  news  sheet. 

The  Congregation alist:  The  Boston  Jour- 
nal maintains  its  high  rank  as  a  daily  newspaper. 

The  Boston  Herald:  We  wish  our  esteemed 
contemporary  continued  prosperity. 

The  Boston  Globe:  We  congratulate  our 
Republican  friends  on  the  reduction. 


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